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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5048: State hospital reentry prg.

Establishing a reentry community safety program for state hospital patients.

Summary

  • Expands the Offender Reentry Community Safety Program (ORCSP) to include state hospital patients who have committed acts constituting a violent felony or who are not guilty by reason of insanity.
  • Enables community custody supervision for patients released from a state hospital who have committed acts constituting a violent felony and requires provision of community mental health services to conditionally released patients who were committed as criminally insane.
  • Expands ORCSP services to provide recidivism reduction interventions in every region of the state.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5048), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 14, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Steve O'Ban (R-28)
Introduced
January 14, 2019 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2020

AN ACT Relating to establishing a reentry community safety program for state hospital patients;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Steve O'Ban (R-28)

2 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 1 Republican)

Steve Conway D-29Keith Wagoner R-39

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
  3. Referred to Health & Long Term Care.
  4. And refer to Health & Long Term Care.
  5. HSRR - Majority; without recommendation.
  6. First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation.
  7. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 5048 in other sessions

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