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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2923 By: Pittman
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to prisoner reentry; creating the
41	41	Oklahoma Prisoner Reentry Pilot Program; stating
42	42	purpose of pilot program; requiring i nitiation of
43	43	pilot program in county with certain population;
44	44	requiring support for pilot program to be provided by
45	45	employees of the Department of Corrections;
46	46	specifying eligibility requirement; stating duties of
47	47	support personnel; providing for individua lized
48	48	reentry plans; itemizing list of potential services
49	49	available to inmates ; authorizing the Department to
50	50	enter into public-private partnerships; authorizing
51	51	the acceptance of funds from philanthropic
52	52	organizations and federal grants; requiring an
53	53	assessment of the pilot program; directing the
54	54	Department to annually submit assessment report to
55	55	the Governor and Legislature; directing the
56	56	Department to promulgate policies; providing for
57	57	codification; and providing an effective date .
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62	62	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
63	63	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
64	64	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 510.8d of Title 57, unless there
65	65	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
66	66	A. The State Department of Corrections shall establish the
67	67	Oklahoma Prisoner Reentry Pilot Program, as funds become available,
68	68	for inmates under the jurisdiction of the Department who have been
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95	95	sentenced to a term of imprisonment and who are likely to benefit
96	96	from case management reentry strategies designed for the specific
97	97	needs of inmates transitioning from prison into the community. The
98	98	purpose of the pilot program shall be to implement evidence -based
99	99	practices and strategies that promote improved public safet y
100	100	outcomes for inmates reentering society after serving a term of
101	101	incarceration and while released on parole.
102	102	B. The pilot program shall be initiated in a county that has a
103	103	population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000) according to
104	104	the latest Federal Decennial Census. The pilot program shall be
105	105	supported by employees of the Department of Corrections focusing
106	106	primarily on case management services for eligible inmates selected
107	107	for the pilot program. Any inmate with a medium or high risk of
108	108	felony arrest shall be eligible for participation in the pilot
109	109	program.
110	110	C. Employees of the Department shall assist inmates on parole
111	111	who are assigned to the pilot program in managing basic needs,
112	112	including housing, job training and placement, medical and menta l
113	113	health care and any additional programming or responsibilities
114	114	attendant to the terms of the reentry requirements of the inmate.
115	115	Employees of the Department shall also work closely with the inmates
116	116	to prepare, monitor, revise, and fulfill individualized inmate
117	117	reentry plans consistent with this section during the term of the
118	118	pilot program.
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145	145	D. Individualized inmate reentry plans shall focus on
146	146	connecting inmates to services for which the inmate is eligible
147	147	under existing federal, state, and local laws.
148	148	E. Case management services shall be prioritized for inmates
149	149	identified as potentially benefiting from assistance with the
150	150	following:
151	151	1. Food, including the immediate need and long -term planning
152	152	for obtaining food;
153	153	2. Clothing, including the immediate ne ed to obtain appropriate
154	154	clothing;
155	155	3. Shelter, including the immediate need to obtain housing;
156	156	4. Benefits including, but not limited to, general assistance,
157	157	benefits administered by the federal Social Security Administration,
158	158	state Medicaid program, and veterans benefits;
159	159	5. Health services, including accessing community mental
160	160	health, medical, and dental treatment;
161	161	6. Substance abuse services, including assisting inmates with
162	162	obtaining community substance abuse treatment or related twelve-step
163	163	program information and locations;
164	164	7. Income, including developing and implementing a feasible
165	165	plan to obtain income and employment reflecting the highest level of
166	166	work appropriate for the abilities and experience of the inmate;
167	167	8. Identification cards, includi ng assisting reentering inmates
168	168	with obtaining driver licenses or state identi fication cards;
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195	195	9. Life skills, including assisting with the development of
196	196	skills concerning money management, interviewing for jobs, resume
197	197	writing, and activities of daily li ving;
198	198	10. Activities, including working with reentering inmates in
199	199	choosing and engaging in suitable and productive activities;
200	200	11. Support systems, including working with reentering inmates
201	201	on developing a support system which may consist of prosocial
202	202	friends, family, and community groups and activities such as
203	203	religious activities, recovery groups, and other social events;
204	204	12. Academic and vocational programs, including assisting
205	205	reentering inmates in developing and implementing a realistic plan
206	206	to achieve an academic education, vocational training, or both;
207	207	13. Discharge planning, including developing post parole plans
208	208	to sustain the achievements and goals of the reentering inmate to
209	209	ensure long-term community success; and
210	210	14. Transitional support se rvices, including transportation
211	211	services, twenty-four-hour on-call support and conflict resolution
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213	213	F. The Department shall be authorized to enter into public -
214	214	private partnerships to assist in providing higher education
215	215	programs and reentry servi ces for inmates and funding said programs
216	216	and services for the pilot program.
217	217	G. The Department shall be authorized to accept funding for the
218	218	pilot program from philanthropic organizations or federal grants.
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245	245	H. The Department shall contract for an evalua tion of the pilot
246	246	program that will assess its effectiveness in reducing recid ivism
247	247	among offenders transitioning from prison into the community.
248	248	I. The Department shall submit a report of the findings from
249	249	its evaluation of the pilot program to the Legis lature and the
250	250	Governor annually for as long as the program is funded.
251	251	J. The State Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to
252	252	promulgate policies necessary to implement the provisions of this
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254	254	SECTION 2. This act shall bec ome effective November 1, 2025.
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