BILL NUMBER: SB 1987	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 1, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Vasconcellos  , McPherson,  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 amended, 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 $11,925,000 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 employment preparation program
shall be offered by the Department of Corrections as an in-prison
parallel service to enhance current substance abuse treatment
services. Training shall be provided by employment training,
placement,  and  retention and reentry specialists in
collaboration with substance  abuse  treatment providers.
The comprehensive continuum of care shall continue as the offender
transitions back to the community.  Services shall be provided by
agencies approved by the department  ,  to parolees
and in-custody offenders who are to be paroled to designated
locations.
   (2) The in-custody employment preparation training shall be
provided by job training and placement providers for at least five
hours per week for in-custody offenders that are 90 
 180  days from release and shall include, but not be
limited to, the following:
   (A) Vocational assessment and skills identification.
   (B) Life skills training to include goal setting, resume
development, and job seeking and retention skills.
   (b) (1) Once the parolee makes the transition back to the
community, services shall be provided to the parolee in both a
residential and community employment training, placement and
retention service setting.  Services shall include integrated case
management serving the parolees' substance abuse treatment,
employment preparation, and job placement and retention needs
 shall be maintained  .
   (2) (A) When appropriate, a parolee shall obtain extensive
assistance at a community employment facility that offers the
following services:
   (i) Relapse prevention and recovery services.
   (ii) Vocational assessment and career counseling.
   (iii) Assistance in obtaining transitional supportive services,
including, but not limited to, housing, transportation, meals, work
clothing, and tools.
   (iv) Job development and placement services.
   (v) Job retention services.
   (vi) Postemployment services.
   (vii) Monitoring at 30, 60, 90, 120, or 180 days.
   (B) The enhanced substance abuse services shall be located at four
community employment settings, 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, placement, and
retention services 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, placement, and retention
services shall be a demonstration project that shall start on April
1, 2001, and shall continue for three years.
   (2) The program of substance abuse treatment services and parallel
employment services shall serve at least 500 parolees the first
year, 3,000 parolees the second year, and 4,000 parolees in the third
and final year.
   (3) The partnership of enhanced substance abuse treatment services
and parallel employment services shall cost no more than one
thousand five hundred ($1,500) per participant.
  SEC. 2.  The sum of eleven million nine hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($11,925,000) is hereby appropriated from the
General Fund to the Department of Corrections Office of Substance
Abuse Programs for the purposes of this act, without regard to fiscal
year, according to the following schedule:
   (a) Eight hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($825,000) for the
first year of the demonstration project in order to serve 500
participants.
   (b) Four million eight hundred thousand dollars ($4,800,000) for
the second year of the demonstration project in order to serve 3,000
participants.
   (c) Six million three hundred thousand dollars ($6,300,000) for
the third and final year of the demonstration project in order to
serve 4,000 participants.