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Budget Amendments - SB1100 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Surovell
Sex Offender Treatment Workgroup (language only)

Item 381 #3s

Item 381 #3s

Public Safety and Homeland Security
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security

Language

Page 416, after line 34, insert:

"E. The Secretary of Public Safety, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, shall convene a work-group to report on the feasibility of increasing access to sex offender treatment for inmates in order to reduce the number of individuals civilly committed to the facility for sexually violent predators.  In reporting on its work, the work-group shall identify the different types of sex offender treatment currently available at the Department of Corrections and the numbers of offenders treated annually in each program.  The work-group shall consider the most effective time during an inmate's sentence at which to screen him or her for treatment, and whether the existing Departmental policy should be modified.  The report shall also recommend specific short- and long-term strategies for the Commonwealth to employ in order to reduce the number of individuals civilly committed as sexually violent predators, including specific treatment programs, and identify staffing and other costs required for implementation.  The report shall be submitted to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by November 1, 2020."



Explanation

(This amendment requires the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to convene a work-group to recommend strategies and specific treatment options at the Department of Corrections, in order to reduce the number of individuals civilly committed to the facility for sexually violent predators.)