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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Committee Approved)

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Therapeutic Incarceration (language only)

Item 387 #5s

Item 387 #5s

Public Safety
Corrections, Department of

Language
Page 339, following line 52, insert:
"G. The Department of Corrections shall study the feasibility of developing a therapeutic incarceration program for criminal defendants who otherwise would have been sentenced to a fixed term of incarceration of three years or longer for a felony conviction and who the court determines require treatment for drug or alcohol substance abuse issues.  The Department shall provide copies of its report to the Secretary of Public Safety and the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees by October 15, 2006."


Explanation
(This amendment directs the Department of Corrections to study the feasibility of developing a therapeutic incarceration program for defendants with drug or alcohol substance abuse issues, as suggested in Senate Bill 611, which has been carried over to the 2007 General Assembly.)