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1	1		1 SB66
2		-	2 215323-3
	2	+	2 215323-1
3	3		3 By Senator Chambliss
4	4		4 RFD: Judiciary
5	5		5 First Read: 11-JAN-22
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8		-	1 SB66
9		-	2
10		-	3
11		-	4 ENROLLED, An Act,
12		-	5 Relating to the Study Commission on Interagency
13		-	6 Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rehabilitation and
14		-	7 Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; to amend
15		-	8 Section 3 of Act 2021-478, 2021 Regular Session, to extend the
16		-	9 dissolution date of the study commission and to provide for
17		-	10 expenses.
18		-	11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
19		-	12 Section 1. Section 3 of Act 2021-478 of the 2021
20		-	13 Regular Session, is amended to read as follows:
21		-	14 "Section 3. (a) There is established a Study
22		-	15 Commission on Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on the
23		-	16 Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated
24		-	17 Individuals, which shall consist of all of the following:
25		-	18 "(1) One member of the House of Representatives,
26		-	19 appointed by the Speaker of the House.
27		-	20 "(2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
28		-	21 President Pro Tempore.
29		-	22 "(3) The Director of Pardons and Paroles, or his or
30		-	23 her designee.
31		-	24 "(4) The Commissioner of the Department of
32		-	25 Corrections, or his or her designee.
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34		-	1 "(5) The Commissioner of the Department of Mental
35		-	2 Health, or his or her designee.
36		-	3 "(6) The Commissioner of the Department of Human
37		-	4 Resources, or his or her designee.
38		-	5 "(7) The Commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid
39		-	6 Agency, or his or her designee.
40		-	7 "(8) The Director of the Alabama Community College
41		-	8 System, or his or her designee.
42		-	9 "(9) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law
43		-	10 Enforcement Agency, or his or her designee.
44		-	11 "(10) The Secretary of the Department of Labor, or
45		-	12 his or her designee.
46		-	13 "(11) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of
47		-	14 Veterans Affairs, or his or her designee.
48		-	15 "(12) The Executive Director of the Office of
49		-	16 Prosecution Services, or his or her designee.
50		-	17 "(13) A district attorney appointed by the Alabama
51		-	18 District Attorneys Association.
52		-	19 "(b) The Director of Pardons and Paroles, or his or
53		-	20 her designee, shall serve as the chair of the commission. A
54		-	21 vice chair shall be designated by a majority vote of the
55		-	22 quorum of the membership at its first meeting. A quorum shall
56		-	23 consist of a majority of the membership.
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58		-	1 "(c) The membership of the commission shall be
59		-	2 inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic areas,
60		-	3 urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state.
61		-	4 "(d) The commission shall have all of the following
62		-	5 duties:
63		-	6 "(1) Develop and present a strategic plan to make
64		-	7 communities safer by reducing recidivism and victimization and
65		-	8 assist individuals who return from prison to become productive
66		-	9 citizens and save taxpayer dollars by lowering the direct and
67		-	10 collateral costs of incarceration.
68		-	11 "(2) Identify, implement, and promote evidence-based
69		-	12 research, policies, strategies, and programming to support
70		-	13 successful reentry and reintegration.
71		-	14 "(3) Promote partnerships and collaboration among
72		-	15 state agencies and with local governments and organizations to
73		-	16 effectively and cost-efficiently advance reentry and
74		-	17 reintegration efforts and eliminate duplication of services.
75		-	18 "(4) Develop strategies to expand access to
76		-	19 educational programs and support programs upon reentry.
77		-	20 "(5) Develop strategies to assure access to health
78		-	21 care coverage and behavioral health services upon reentry.
79		-	22 "(6) Identify and address unwarranted barriers to
80		-	23 successful reentry.
81		-	24 "(e)(1) The commission shall hold its first meeting
82		-	25 no later than June 1, 2021, with the date, time, and location
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84		-	1 of the meeting to be designated by the Director of Pardons and
85		-	2 Paroles, or his or her designee.
86		-	3 "(2) At the first meeting, the commission shall
87		-	4 elect a vice chair, elect other officers as determined by the
88		-	5 commission, and set dates, times, and locations of subsequent
89		-	6 meetings.
90		-	7 "(3) The commission shall meet at least monthly and
91		-	8 shall report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to
92		-	9 the Legislature no later than the fifth legislative day of the
93		-	10 2022 2023 Regular Session, whereupon the commission shall
94		-	11 stand dissolved and discharged of any further duties and
95		-	12 liabilities.
96		-	13 "(f) The House of Representatives and the Senate
97		-	14 shall provide the necessary staff and support to the
98		-	15 commission to perform its duties.
99		-	16 "(g) Expenses incurred by the commission before or
100		-	17 after the effective date of the act adding this subsection
101		-	18 shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature, not
102		-	19 to exceed a total of five thousand dollars ($5,000).
103		-	20 "(g) (h) Members of the commission shall serve
104		-	21 without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary
105		-	22 expenses in attending meetings of the commission according to
106		-	23 policies and procedures of their respective appointing
107		-	24 authority or employing agency.
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109		-	1 "(h) (i) Legislative members of the commission shall
110		-	2 be entitled to their legislative compensation, per diem, and
111		-	3 travel expenses for each day they attend a meeting of the
112		-	4 commission, in accordance with Amendment 871 of the
113		-	5 Constitution of Alabama of 1901."
114		-	6 Section 2. This act is curative and retroactive to
115		-	7 the fifth legislative day of the 2022 Regular Session.
116		-	8 Section 3. This act shall become effective
117		-	9 immediately following its passage and approval by the
118		-	10 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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124		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
125		-
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127		-	6 Speaker of the House of Representatives
128		-	SB667
129		-	8 Senate 15-FEB-22
130		-	9 I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
131		-	10 the Senate.
132		-	11
133		-	12 Patrick Harris,
134		-	13 Secretary.
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136		-	15
137		-	16
138		-	17 House of Representatives
139		-	18 Passed: 07-APR-22
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141		-	20
142		-	21 By: Senator Chambliss
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	13	+	7
	14	+	8 SYNOPSIS: In the 2021 Regular Session the Study
	15	+	9 Commission on Interagency Cooperation and
	16	+	10 Collaboration on the Rehabilitation and
	17	+	11 Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
	18	+	12 was created.
	19	+	13 Under existing law, the study commission is
	20	+	14 dissolved on the fifth legislative day of the 2022
	21	+	15 Regular Session.
	22	+	16 This bill would extend the dissolution date
	23	+	17 until the fifth legislative day of the 2023 Regular
	24	+	18 Session.
	25	+	19 This bill would also provide for the payment
	26	+	20 of expenses.
	27	+	21
	28	+	22 A BILL
	29	+	23 TO BE ENTITLED
	30	+	24 AN ACT
	31	+	25
	32	+	26 Relating to the Study Commission on Interagency
	33	+	27 Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rehabilitation and
	34	+	Page 1 1 Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; to amend
	35	+	2 Section 3 of Act 2021-478, 2021 Regular Session, to extend the
	36	+	3 dissolution date of the study commission and to provide for
	37	+	4 expenses.
	38	+	5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	39	+	6 Section 1. Section 3 of Act 2021-478 of the 2021
	40	+	7 Regular Session, is amended to read as follows:
	41	+	8 "Section 3. (a) There is established a Study
	42	+	9 Commission on Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on the
	43	+	10 Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated
	44	+	11 Individuals, which shall consist of all of the following:
	45	+	12 "(1) One member of the House of Representatives,
	46	+	13 appointed by the Speaker of the House.
	47	+	14 "(2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
	48	+	15 President Pro Tempore.
	49	+	16 "(3) The Director of Pardons and Paroles, or his or
	50	+	17 her designee.
	51	+	18 "(4) The Commissioner of the Department of
	52	+	19 Corrections, or his or her designee.
	53	+	20 "(5) The Commissioner of the Department of Mental
	54	+	21 Health, or his or her designee.
	55	+	22 "(6) The Commissioner of the Department of Human
	56	+	23 Resources, or his or her designee.
	57	+	24 "(7) The Commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid
	58	+	25 Agency, or his or her designee.
	59	+	26 "(8) The Director of the Alabama Community College
	60	+	27 System, or his or her designee.
	61	+	Page 2 1 "(9) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law
	62	+	2 Enforcement Agency, or his or her designee.
	63	+	3 "(10) The Secretary of the Department of Labor, or
	64	+	4 his or her designee.
	65	+	5 "(11) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of
	66	+	6 Veterans Affairs, or his or her designee.
	67	+	7 "(12) The Executive Director of the Office of
	68	+	8 Prosecution Services, or his or her designee.
	69	+	9 "(13) A district attorney appointed by the Alabama
	70	+	10 District Attorneys Association.
	71	+	11 "(b) The Director of Pardons and Paroles, or his or
	72	+	12 her designee, shall serve as the chair of the commission. A
	73	+	13 vice chair shall be designated by a majority vote of the
	74	+	14 quorum of the membership at its first meeting. A quorum shall
	75	+	15 consist of a majority of the membership.
	76	+	16 "(c) The membership of the commission shall be
	77	+	17 inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic areas,
	78	+	18 urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state.
	79	+	19 "(d) The commission shall have all of the following
	80	+	20 duties:
	81	+	21 "(1) Develop and present a strategic plan to make
	82	+	22 communities safer by reducing recidivism and victimization and
	83	+	23 assist individuals who return from prison to become productive
	84	+	24 citizens and save taxpayer dollars by lowering the direct and
	85	+	25 collateral costs of incarceration.
	86	+	Page 3 1 "(2) Identify, implement, and promote evidence-based
	87	+	2 research, policies, strategies, and programming to support
	88	+	3 successful reentry and reintegration.
	89	+	4 "(3) Promote partnerships and collaboration among
	90	+	5 state agencies and with local governments and organizations to
	91	+	6 effectively and cost-efficiently advance reentry and
	92	+	7 reintegration efforts and eliminate duplication of services.
	93	+	8 "(4) Develop strategies to expand access to
	94	+	9 educational programs and support programs upon reentry.
	95	+	10 "(5) Develop strategies to assure access to health
	96	+	11 care coverage and behavioral health services upon reentry.
	97	+	12 "(6) Identify and address unwarranted barriers to
	98	+	13 successful reentry.
	99	+	14 "(e)(1) The commission shall hold its first meeting
	100	+	15 no later than June 1, 2021, with the date, time, and location
	101	+	16 of the meeting to be designated by the Director of Pardons and
	102	+	17 Paroles, or his or her designee.
	103	+	18 "(2) At the first meeting, the commission shall
	104	+	19 elect a vice chair, elect other officers as determined by the
	105	+	20 commission, and set dates, times, and locations of subsequent
	106	+	21 meetings.
	107	+	22 "(3) The commission shall meet at least monthly and
	108	+	23 shall report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to
	109	+	24 the Legislature no later than the fifth legislative day of the
	110	+	25 2022 2023 Regular Session, whereupon the commission shall
	111	+	26 stand dissolved and discharged of any further duties and
	112	+	27 liabilities.
	113	+	Page 4 1 "(f) The House of Representatives and the Senate
	114	+	2 shall provide the necessary staff and support to the
	115	+	3 commission to perform its duties.
	116	+	4 "(g) Expenses incurred by the commission before or
	117	+	5 after the effective date of the act adding this subsection
	118	+	6 shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature, not
	119	+	7 to exceed a total of five thousand dollars ($5,000).
	120	+	8 "(g) (h) Members of the commission shall serve
	121	+	9 without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary
	122	+	10 expenses in attending meetings of the commission according to
	123	+	11 policies and procedures of their respective appointing
	124	+	12 authority or employing agency.
	125	+	13 "(h) (i) Legislative members of the commission shall
	126	+	14 be entitled to their legislative compensation, per diem, and
	127	+	15 travel expenses for each day they attend a meeting of the
	128	+	16 commission, in accordance with Amendment 871 of the
	129	+	17 Constitution of Alabama of 1901."
	130	+	18 Section 2. This act is curative and retroactive to
	131	+	19 the fifth legislative day of the 2022 Regular Session.
	132	+	20 Section 3. This act shall become effective
	133	+	21 immediately following its passage and approval by the
	134	+	22 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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