Postrelease community supervision.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the exact nature of the additional funding required or whether it will be provided.

Postrelease Community Supervision

This bill requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide earlier and more detailed notifications to county probation departments about people being released from prison.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the department to notify county probation departments at least 90 days before a person's release date with written and verbal information.
• If the release date is set or reset within 90 days, the department must give notice within 5 business days but no later than 30 days before the release.
• Requires the department to provide contact details of care managers for released individuals to help integrate Medi-Cal processes with local services and court orders.
• If a person's current county of residence is different from their last legal residence, the bill requires coordination between departments to plan for the person’s transport to their new location.

Who It Names or Affects

• People being released from prison
• County probation departments
• Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Terms To Know

Postrelease community supervision

A period after someone leaves prison where they must follow certain rules set by the state.

CalAIM

California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal, a program that integrates health services for people in need.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill was vetoed by the governor but could be reconsidered.
• It may require additional funding from the state to reimburse local agencies for increased responsibilities.

Official Summary Text

AB 1210, Lackey.
Postrelease community supervision.
Existing law subjects a person to no more than 3 years of postrelease community supervision after release from prison or after the person’s term of imprisonment has been deemed to have been served, except as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to, among other things, inform each prisoner subject to postrelease community supervision of their responsibility to report to the county probation department. Existing law requires the department, 30 days before release, to notify the county of all information that would otherwise be required for parolees, as specified.
This bill would require the department to provide the county probation department written and verbal notification of the scheduled release date of the person and the information described above no less than
90 days before the person’s release, and if the discharge date is set or reset for 90 or fewer days into the future, would require the department to provide notification within 5 business days, but no later than 30 days before the discharge date of the person. The bill would require the department to notify the county probation department of the county in which a person is being released of the name and contact information of the prerelease care manager, postrelease care manager, and enhanced care manager for the person being released to ensure California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) processes are integrated with local reentry service delivery and court-ordered conditions. The bill would require, if a county probation department identifies, prior to the release of a
person, that the person’s current county of residence may be different than the county of the person’s last legal residence, the department to coordinate with the probation department to determine the person’s current county of residence and to develop coordinated plans for the release and transport of the released person to the person’s current county of residence. By increasing duties on county probation departments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Current Bill Text

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