HB2615 Summary

• Establishes a transition program allowing eligible inmates to receive community-based transition services for up to 90 days before release, with the department contracting with private or nonprofit entities to provide services.

• Sets eligibility criteria requiring inmates to have no sexual offense or violent crime convictions (except assault, aggravated assault, or robbery), no felony detainers, minimum or medium custody classification, and no major violent rule violations during current incarceration or other major violations in the previous six months.

• Requires contracted entities to provide services including psychoeducational counseling, case management, substance abuse treatment, anger management, cognitive behavioral therapy, job placement, and mentor training.

• Mandates annual recidivism studies and yearly reports to the governor and legislature detailing recidivism rates, number of inmates served, types of services provided, and waitlist information.

• Allows a one-time 90-day extension of transition services if the contracted entity determines additional treatment is needed and uses empirically validated risk assessment tools to identify the inmate's criminogenic factors.