Forecast of Sexually Violent Predators (language only)

Item 278 #2h

Language
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"B.1.  The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney General and the Secretary of Public Safety, shall establish a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) forecast committee.  The committee shall forecast and track for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2012: (i) the number of inmates presently incarcerated in the Department of Corrections and approaching release who meet the criteria set forth in House Bill 1038 (2006 Session) and may be eligible for evaluation as sexually violent predators; (ii) the number of Commitment Review Committee (CRC) evaluations to be completed; (iii) the number of eligible inmates recommended by the CRC for civil commitment, conditional release, and full release; (iv) the number of civilly committed residents of the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation who are eligible for annual review; and (v)  the number of individuals civilly committed to the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation and granted conditional release from civil commitment in a state SVP facility.  At a minimum, the forecast  committee shall include representatives from:  the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS) Office of SVP Services, the Department of Corrections, the Office of the Attorney General, the Department of Planning and Budget, the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committee Staff, the Crime Commission, the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission and other entities as deemed appropriate.   The Secretary shall complete a summary report of current SVP cases and a forecast of SVP-eligibility, civil commitments, and SVP conditional releases, including projected bed space requirements, to the Governor and Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees by October 1 of each year.
2.  As part of the forecast process, the Department of Corrections shall administer a STATIC-99 screening to all potential Sexually Violent Predators eligible for civil commitment pursuant to § 37.2-900 et seq.,  Code of Virginia, within 6 months of admission to the Department of Corrections.  The results of such screenings shall be provided to the Commissioner of DMHMRSAS on a monthly basis and used for the SVP population forecast process.
3.  The Office of the Attorney General shall also provide to the Commissioner of DMHMRSAS, on a monthly basis, the status of all SVP cases pending before their office for purposes of forecasting the SVP population."

Explanation
(This amendment requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to set up a forecast process for estimating the number of individuals who may be released from prison and civilly committed as sexually violent predators to a state facility or granted conditional release and require monitoring and/or treatment. The Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Corrections are required to collaborate and provide information to be used in the forecasting process.)