Bill Text: IA HF2366 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to out-of-state drug rehabilitation programs for certain bailable defendants and parolees. (Formerly HSB 607.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to Judiciary. H.J. 594. [HF2366 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2366-Introduced.html
House File 2366 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 607) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to out=of=state drug rehabilitation programs 2 for certain bailable defendants and parolees. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5867HV (2) 87 jm/rh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 811.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 2 subparagraph (2), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 (2) Place restrictions on the travel taking into 1 4 consideration out=of=state drug rehabilitation requests or 1 5 needs, association, or place of abode of the defendant during 1 6 the period of release. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 811.2, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2018, 1 8 is amended to read as follows: 1 9 b. (1) Any bailable defendant who is charged with unlawful 1 10 possession, manufacture, delivery, or distribution of a 1 11 controlled substance or other drug under chapter 124 and is 1 12 ordered released shall be required, as a condition of that 1 13 release, to submit to a substance abuse evaluation and follow 1 14 any recommendations proposed in the evaluation for appropriate 1 15 substance abuse treatment. However, if a bailable defendant is 1 16 charged with manufacture, delivery, possession with the intent 1 17 to manufacture or deliver, or distribution of methamphetamine, 1 18 its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers, 1 19 the defendant shall, in addition to a substance abuse 1 20 evaluation, remain under supervision and be required to undergo 1 21 random drug tests as a condition of release. 1 22 (2) Any bailable defendant who is charged with unlawful 1 23 possession, manufacture, delivery, or distribution of a 1 24 controlled substance or other drug under chapter 124 and is 1 25 ordered released, may be authorized, as a condition of that 1 26 release, to be present in another state for a continuous 1 27 extended period of time while the defendant is participating 1 28 in and completing a certified drug rehabilitation program in 1 29 the other state. 1 30 Sec. 3. Section 906.12, Code 2018, is amended to read as 1 31 follows: 1 32 906.12 Parole outside state authorized. 1 33 The parole may be to a place outside the state when the board 1 34 of parole shall determine it to be to the best interest of the 1 35 state and the prisoner, including placement for a continuous 2 1 extended period of time outside the state while the prisoner is 2 2 on parole and is participating in and completing a certified 2 3 drug rehabilitation program, under such rules as the board of 2 4 parole may impose. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 8 This bill relates to out=of=state drug rehabilitation 2 9 programs for certain bailable defendants and parolees. 2 10 The bill provides any bailable defendant charged with a 2 11 controlled substance=related offense and ordered released, may 2 12 be authorized, as a condition of that release, to be present in 2 13 another state for a continuous extended period of time while 2 14 the defendant is participating in and completing a certified 2 15 drug rehabilitation program in the other state. 2 16 The bill provides that a prisoner placed on parole may be 2 17 placed for a continuous extended period of time outside the 2 18 state while the prisoner is on parole and participating in and 2 19 completing a certified drug rehabilitation program, subject to 2 20 the rules of the board of parole. LSB 5867HV (2) 87 jm/rh
