Bill Text: CA AB428 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 428

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Bill Title: California Department of Reentry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB428 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB428-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 428

Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron

February 06, 2023

An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 6150) to Title 7 of Part 3 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal justice.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 428, as amended, Waldron. ~~Board of State and Community Corrections.~~ California Department of Reentry.

Existing law grants the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) authority to operate the state prison system and gives the department jurisdiction over various state prisons and other institutions. Existing law requires the department to determine and implement a system of incentives to increase inmate participation in, and completion of, academic and vocational education, consistent with the inmate’s educational needs, as specified. Existing law requires the department to develop and implement a plan to obtain additional rehabilitation and treatment services for prison inmates and parolees, and requires the department to expand substance abuse treatment services in prisons to accommodate at least 4,000 additional inmates who have histories of substance abuse, as specified.
This bill would establish the California Department of Reentry. The bill would require the department to focus on programming through the period of incarceration that supports successful reentry to society, facilitate the smooth transition of individuals from prison to release to transitional housing or other housing accommodations, and would recommend and design facilities within existing state prisons to create a better environment for overall mental and physical health, among other things.
Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections to provide statewide leadership, coordination, and technical assistance to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships in California’s adult and juvenile criminal justice system.
~~This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the Board of State and Community Corrections.~~

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 6150) is added to Title 7 of Part 3 of the Penal Code, to read:

CHAPTER 8.5. California Department of Reentry
6150.
(a) There is hereby established the California Department of Reentry.
(b) The department shall do all of the following:
(1) Focus exclusively on programs in state prisons to ensure successful restorative results.
(2) Facilitate the smooth transition of individuals from prison to release to transitional housing or other housing accommodations.
(3) Recommend and design facilities within existing state prisons to create a better environment for overall mental and physical health.
(4) Oversee continuity of care for incarcerated people with mental health, physical health, and substance use disorders.
(5) Focus specifically on programming through the period of incarceration that supports successful reentry to society.

SECTION 1.
~~It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the Board of State and Community Corrections.~~