BILL NUMBER: SB 1987	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senators Vasconcellos and Polanco

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   An act to add Section 3069 to the Penal Code, relating to
parolees, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1987, as introduced, Vasconcellos.  Parolees: substance abuse
treatment and employment training.
   Existing law provides for a parolee substance abuse treatment plan
and for a preventing parolee crime program, as specified.
   This bill would appropriate $13,500,000 from the General Fund to
the Department of Corrections for a 3-year demonstration project, the
purpose of which is to provide substance abuse treatment services
and parallel employment preparation training, as specified, to felons
who are to be paroled.
   Vote:  2/3.  Appropriation:  yes.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 3069 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   3069.  (a) (1) A highly structured program of in-prison substance
abuse treatment services and parallel in-prison employment
preparation training shall be provided by agencies within the
California Therapeutic Communities Association, or by similar
agencies approved by the Department of Corrections, to felons who are
to be paroled.
   (2) The substance abuse treatment program shall include the
following components, with not less than 20 hours per week of
substance abuse treatment and at least 10 hours of structured
optional treatment:
   (A) Orientation and assessment.
   (B) Substance abuse and recovery.
   (C) Monitoring progress.
   (D) Transitional strategies.
   (3) The employment preparation training shall be provided for at
least five hours per week for inmates that are 90 days from release
and may include the following:
   (A) Skills identification.
   (B) Goal setting.
   (C) Problem solving and decisionmaking.
   (D) Job development.
   (E) Interview skills.
   (F) Resume development.
   (G) Job retention issues and resolutions.
   (b) (1) Once the parolee transitions back to the community,
services shall be provided to the parolee in both a residential and
employment training setting.
   (2) Agencies participating in the Community Corrections Coalition
of California, or similar agencies approved by the department, shall
assist with reentry services.
   (3) Integrated case management serving the parolees' substance
treatment, employment preparation, and job placement shall be
maintained.
   (4) (A) When appropriate, a parolee shall obtain extensive
assistance at a multiservice facility that offers the following
services:
   (i) Substance abuse treatment.
   (ii) Counseling.
   (iii) Vocational assessment.
   (iv) Transitional supportive services, including, but not limited
to, independent housing, transportation, meals, work clothing, and
work tools.
   (v) Job development and placement services.
   (vi) Postemployment services.
   (vii) Monitoring at 30, 60, 90, 120, or 180 days.
   (B) There shall be four multiservice facilities statewide, two in
northern California and two in southern California.
   (c) The Department of Corrections shall conduct a study to
determine the impact of the program of substance abuse treatment
services and parallel employment preparation training on parolee
stability, employment retention, and recidivism, and a cost-benefit
analysis. The department shall report its findings to the Legislature
by July 1, 2004.
   (d) (1) The program of substance abuse treatment services and
parallel employment preparation training shall be a demonstration
project that shall start on July 1, 2004 and shall continue for three
years.
   (2) The program of substance abuse treatment services and parallel
employment preparation training shall serve at least 2,000 parolees
the first year, 3,000 parolees the second year, and 4,000 parolees in
the third and final year.
   (3) The program of substance abuse treatment services and parallel
employment preparation training shall cost no more than one thousand
five hundred ($1,500) per participant.
  SEC. 2.  The sum of thirteen million five hundred thousand dollars
($13,500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Department of Corrections for the purposes of this act, according to
the following schedule:
   (a) Three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the first year of the
demonstration project in order to serve 2,000 participants.
   (b) Four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) for
the second year of the demonstration project in order to serve 3,000
participants.
   (c) Six million dollars ($6,000,000) for the third and final year
of the demonstration project in order to serve 4,000 participants.