Bill Text: CA AB870 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Prisoners: mental health treatment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-21 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Allen. [AB870 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB870-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 870 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Levine |
February 16, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 870, as amended, Levine.
Transportation programs: guidelines. Prisoners: mental health treatment.
Existing law requires a court, upon the conviction of a defendant of a felony resulting in sentencing to state prison, to recommend in writing that the defendant participate in a counseling or education program having a substance abuse component while imprisoned if the court makes certain findings relating to the defendant’s drug use.
This bill would require a court, upon the conviction of a defendant for a felony resulting in sentencing to state prison, to recommend in writing that the defendant receive a mental health evaluation if the court finds that the defendant at the time of the commission of the offense was suffering from a serious mental illness or has a demonstrated history of mental illness.
The Administrative Procedure Act generally sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies. The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, which is Senate Bill 1 of the 2017–18 Regular Session, generally provides that guidelines adopted to implement transportation programs in the act by various state agencies are exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act. The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 also contains specific exemptions for various programs in the act from the Administrative Procedure Act.
This bill would repeal the general exemption.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1203.096 of the Penal Code is amended to read:1203.096.
(a) Upon conviction of any felony in which the defendant is sentenced to state prison and in which the court makes the findings set forth in subdivision (b), a court shall, in addition to any other terms of imprisonment, fine, and conditions, recommend in writing that the defendant participate in a counseling or education program having a substance abuse component while imprisoned.(b) The court shall make the recommendation specified in subdivision (a) if it finds that any of the following are true:
(1) That the defendant at the time of the commission of the offense was under the influence of any alcoholic beverages.
(2) That the defendant at the time of the commission of the offense was under the influence of any controlled substance.
(3) That the defendant has a demonstrated history of substance abuse.
(4) That the offense or offenses for which the defendant was convicted are drug related.
(c) Upon conviction of any felony in which the defendant is sentenced to state prison and in which the court makes the findings set forth in subdivision (d), a court shall, in addition to any other terms of imprisonment, fine, and conditions, recommend in writing that the defendant receive a mental health evaluation.
(d) The court shall make the recommendation specified in subdivision (c) if it finds that either of the following are true:
(1) That the defendant at the time of the commission of the offense was suffering from a serious mental illness.
(2) The defendant has a demonstrated history of mental illness.
