HB2363 Summary

• Establishes a two-year reentry pilot project within the Department of Public Safety to provide coordinated treatment and support services for nonviolent, low-risk drug offenders transitioning from incarceration to community.

• Limits pilot project to up to 100 participants annually, who must be eligible for early release or parole and determined to be non-violent threats to the community.

• Requires participants receive community-based treatment including 1.5 to 2 months of residential care, 2 to 3 months of outpatient care, and up to 6 months of continuing care coordinated with other agencies and support groups.

• Mandates evaluation of participants based on arrests, reincarceration, substance abuse, employment, housing status, release compliance, and support networks, with data submitted semi-annually to the department.

• Appropriates $250,000 from general revenues for fiscal year 2014-2015 and requires annual reports to the legislature by December 20, 2015 and 2016; pilot project sunsets June 30, 2016.