Bill
Number: S.B. 1727
Gowan Floor Amendment
Reference
to: Printed Bill
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1.
Requires the Arizona Department of Corrections,
Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) to establish a community treatment program
(program) for imprisoned women and their children and, subject to the
availability of monies, contract with an experienced nonprofit entity to
establish and operate a community treatment center.
2.
Requires the program to provide trauma-informed substance
abuse treatment, mental health treatment and a secure environment.
3.
Requires ADCRR to adopt rules for the program, including
eligibility requirements for entering and living in the center.
4.
Requires the program to provide outlined services necessary
to become functioning, self-sufficient families.
5.
Requires the nonprofit contractor to provide pediatric care
that is consistent with medical standards and provides a stable environment to
facilitate the parent-child relationship.
6.
Requires ADCRR to place up to 20 women in the program in
the first year after establishing the program, and up to 50 women in the second
year and each year thereafter.
7.
Requires a woman to give birth to a child while imprisoned
and be scheduled for release with five years in order to qualify for the
program.
8.
Stipulates that a child who resides at the treatment center
is not subject to the same security restrictions as the prisoner except as
necessary to ensure the child's safety the security of the facility and
compliance with program rules.
Page 1, between lines 16 and 17, insert:
"Sec. 2. Title
41, chapter 11, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 41-1612, to read:
START_STATUTE41-1612. Community
treatment program for imprisoned women; rules; eligibility; requirements
A. The
department shall establish a community treatment program for imprisoned women
and their children. Subject to the availability of monies, the department
shall contract with an experienced nonprofit entity to establish and operate a
community treatment center and may transfer a woman who has recently given
birth to the community treatment center to live with her child or
children. The community treatment program for imprisoned women shall
provide trauma-informed substance abuse treatment, mental health
treatment and a secure environment for the woman and her child or children.
B. The
department shall adopt rules for the community treatment program for imprisoned
women, including the eligibility requirements for entering the program and
living in the community treatment center. The department shall take
into account public safety and generally accepted correctional practices when
developing and implementing rules regarding the community treatment program.
C. The
community treatment program shall provide programs and support services to
assist mothers and their children in developing the skills necessary to become
functioning, self-sufficient families, including:
1. Substance
abuse treatment.
2. Well-being
and emotional supports.
3. Parenting
skills.
4. Educational
and employment skills.
5. Financial
literacy.
6. Workforce
skills training.
D. The
nonprofit entity contracted pursuant to subsection A of this section shall
provide pediatric care consistent with medical standards and, to the extent
feasible, shall be guided by the need to provide the following:
1. A
stable, caregiving, stimulating environment for the children as developed and
supervised by professional guidance in the area of child development.
2. Programs
that are geared to ensure the stability of the parent-child relationship
during and after participating in the program and that are developed and
supervised by appropriate professional guidance. At a minimum, these programs
shall be geared to accomplish the following:
(a) The
mother's management of identified substance abuse.
(b) The
mother's familiarity with good parenting skills.
(c) The
mother's ability to function in the community, on community supervision or
release, as a law-abiding citizen.
(d) Securing
adequate housing arrangements after participating in the program.
(e) Securing
adequate child care arrangements after participating in the program.
(f) Engaging
in productive employment after participating in the program.
3. The
least restrictive alternative to incarceration and restraint possible to
achieve the objectives of correction and of this section consistent with public
safety and justice.
E. In the first year after the department
establishes the community treatment program, subject to the availability of
monies, the department shall place up to twenty women in the program. In the
second year and each year thereafter, subject to the availability of monies,
the department shall place up to fifty women in the program.
F. To
be eligible for the program, an inmate must be a woman who gives birth to a
child while imprisoned and who is scheduled to be released from imprisonment in
five years or less.
G. A child who resides at the community
treatment center is not subject to the same security restrictions as the
prisoner except as necessary to ensure the child's safety, the security of the
facility and compliance with program rules." END_STATUTE
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