Bill Text: OH SB143 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To require an operator of a halfway house to notify the adult parole authority within twenty-four hours after a resident absconds from the halfway house.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-16 - To Judiciary Criminal Justice [SB143 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-SB143-Introduced.html
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Senator Miller, R.
| To amend section 2967.14 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require an operator of a halfway house to notify | 2 |
| the adult parole authority within twenty-four | 3 |
| hours after a resident absconds from the halfway | 4 |
| house. | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 2967.14 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
| amended to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 2967.14. (A) The adult parole authority may require a | 8 |
| parolee or releasee to reside in a halfway house or other suitable | 9 |
| community residential center that has been licensed by the | 10 |
| division of parole and community services pursuant to division (C) | 11 |
| of this section during a part or for the entire period of the | 12 |
| parolee's conditional release or of the releasee's term of | 13 |
| post-release control. The court of common pleas that placed an | 14 |
| offender under a sanction consisting of a term in a halfway house | 15 |
| or in an alternative residential sanction may require the offender | 16 |
| to reside in a halfway house or other suitable community | 17 |
| residential center that is designated by the court and that has | 18 |
| been licensed by the division pursuant to division (C) of this | 19 |
| section during a part or for the entire period of the offender's | 20 |
| residential sanction. | 21 |
| (B) The division of parole and community services may | 22 |
| negotiate and enter into agreements with any public or private | 23 |
| agency or a department or political subdivision of the state that | 24 |
| operates a halfway house or community residential center that has | 25 |
| been licensed by the division pursuant to division (C) of this | 26 |
| section. An agreement under this division shall provide for the | 27 |
| purchase of beds, shall set limits of supervision and levels of | 28 |
| occupancy, and shall determine the scope of services for all | 29 |
| eligible offenders, including those subject to a residential | 30 |
| sanction, as defined in rules adopted by the director of | 31 |
| rehabilitation and correction in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 32 |
| the Revised Code. The payments for beds and services shall be | 33 |
| equal to the halfway house's or community residential center's | 34 |
| average daily per capita costs with its facility at full | 35 |
| occupancy. The payments for beds and services shall not exceed the | 36 |
| total operating costs of the halfway house or community | 37 |
| residential center during the term of an agreement. The director | 38 |
| of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules in accordance | 39 |
| with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for determining includable | 40 |
| and excludable costs and income to be used in computing the | 41 |
| agency's average daily per capita costs with its facility at full | 42 |
| occupancy. | 43 |
| The department of rehabilitation and correction may use no | 44 |
| more than ten per cent of the amount appropriated to the | 45 |
| department each fiscal year for the halfway house and community | 46 |
| residential center program to pay for contracts for nonresidential | 47 |
| services for offenders under the supervision of the adult parole | 48 |
| authority. The nonresidential services may include, but are not | 49 |
| limited to, treatment for substance abuse, mental health | 50 |
| counseling, and counseling for sex offenders. | 51 |
| (C) The division of parole and community services may license | 52 |
| a halfway house or community residential center as a suitable | 53 |
| facility for the care and treatment of adult offenders, including | 54 |
| offenders sentenced under section 2929.16 or 2929.26 of the | 55 |
| Revised Code, only if the halfway house or community residential | 56 |
| center complies with the standards that the division adopts in | 57 |
| accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the licensure | 58 |
| of halfway houses and community residential centers. The division | 59 |
| shall annually inspect each licensed halfway house and licensed | 60 |
| community residential center to determine if it is in compliance | 61 |
| with the licensure standards. | 62 |
| (D) The operator of a licensed halfway house shall notify the | 63 |
| adult parole authority within twenty-four hours if a resident | 64 |
| absconds from the halfway house. The adult parole authority is | 65 |
| responsible for forwarding the notice received from the halfway | 66 |
| house to the department of rehabilitation and correction within | 67 |
| twenty-four hours if the resident is under the supervision of the | 68 |
| department of rehabilitation and correction. | 69 |
| Section 2. That existing section 2967.14 of the Revised Code | 70 |
| is hereby repealed. | 71 |
