SB15-007 Summary

• Community corrections boards must include minimum membership of: district attorney representative, public defender representative, law enforcement representative, probation representative, department of corrections representative, crime victim or survivor representative, and citizen member.

• Governing bodies that created community corrections boards shall determine term lengths and reappointment procedures for appointed members, with board membership striving to reflect local community composition and values.

• Each community corrections board must develop and implement a structured, research-based decision-making process combining professional judgment and actuarial risk assessment tools to sort offenders by risk, need, and appropriateness for community placement.

• Division of Criminal Justice must develop and implement an introductory orientation (to be completed within 90 days of appointment) and annual continuing education curriculum for board members on appropriate community placement decisions.

• Division of Criminal Justice shall develop a program evaluation tool assessing each community corrections program's adherence to evidence-based principles and practices and identifying capacity for serving very high risk offenders, using expert consultation.