BILL NUMBER: SB 678	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 1203.83 to the Penal Code, relating to
probation.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 678, as amended, Negrete McLeod. Probation: community
corrections multidisciplinary teams.
   Existing law authorizes the members of multidisciplinary teams
engaged in the prevention, identification, and control of juvenile
crime to share certain information with each other, as specified.
   This bill would, in addition, authorize  the members of
  counties, for purposes of providing evidence-based
practices and supervision to convene  community corrections
multidisciplinary teams engaged in providing community corrections
supervision, treatment, and services  , to exchange
nonprivileged information and writings with one another relating to
incidents of adult crime  , as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1203.83 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   1203.83.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
members of a community corrections multidisciplinary team may
disclose and exchange nonprivileged information and writings to and
with one another relating to any incidents of adult crime that may be
part of an adult court record or designated as confidential under
state law if the member of the team having that information or
writing reasonably believes it is generally relevant to providing
community corrections supervision and services.  
Counties are authorized to convene community corrections
multidisciplinary teams for purposes of providing  
evidence-based practices and supervision.  Every member of a
community corrections multidisciplinary team who receives 
that   nonprivileged  information or writings shall
be under the same privacy and confidentiality obligations and
subject to the same penalties for violating those obligations as the
person disclosing or providing the information or writings. The
information obtained shall be maintained in a manner that ensures the
protection of confidentiality.
   (b) As used in this section, "nonprivileged information" means any
information not subject to a privilege pursuant to Division 8
(commencing with Section 900) of the Evidence Code.
   (c) As used in this section, "community corrections" means the
placement of persons convicted of a felony offense under probation
supervision, with conditions imposed by a court for a specified
period.
   (d) As used in this section, "multidisciplinary team" means any
team of three or more persons, the members of which are engaged in
providing community corrections supervision, treatment, and services.
The team may include, but is not limited to:
   (1) Probation officers.
   (2) Police officers, sheriffs' deputies, and other law enforcement
officers.
   (3) Social workers.
   (4) Health and mental health providers.
   (5) Substance abuse treatment providers.
   (6) Education professionals.
   (7) Employment coordinators.
   (8) Representatives from community-based organizations with
experience in successfully providing rehabilitative services. 
   (e) As used in this section, "evidence-based practices" means
supervision policies, procedures, programs, and practices
demonstrated by scientific research to reduce recidivism among
individuals under probation, parole, or postrelease supervision.
 
   (f) This section shall not be construed to independently authorize
access to, or possession of, information from local, state, or
federal information systems or databases that multidisciplinary team
members are authorized to access or possess in the course of their
duties.