(14) Establish a program to systematically monitor
compliance with the guidelines, with the risk assessment
instrument, with recommitment ranges and with mandatory
sentencing laws to document eligibility for a release in
accordance with a county reentry plan, to document
eligibility for and imposition of recidivism risk reduction
incentive minimum sentences and to document all parole and
reparole decisions by the board and any other paroling
authority by:
(i) Promulgating forms which document the
application of sentencing, resentencing and parole
guidelines, mandatory sentencing laws, risk assessment
instrument, releases in accordance with a county reentry
plan, recommitment ranges and recidivism risk reduction
incentive minimum sentences and collecting information on
all parole and reparole decisions by the board and any
other paroling authority.
(ii) Requiring the timely completion and electronic
submission of such forms to the commission.
(15) Prior to adoption of changes to guidelines for
sentencing, resentencing and parole, risk assessment
instrument and recommitment ranges following revocation, use
a correctional population simulation model to determine:
(i) Resources that are required under current
guidelines, risk assessment instrument and ranges.
(ii) Resources that would be required to carry out
any proposed changes to the guidelines, risk assessment
instrument and ranges.
(16) Report to the General Assembly on:
(i) implementation of revisions to the guidelines
under sections 2154 (relating to adoption of guidelines
for sentencing) and 2154.1 (relating to adoption of
guidelines for county intermediate punishment);
(ii) implementation and outcomes of justice
reinvestment funding to county probation;
(iii) use of court-imposed sanctions for violation
of probation under section 9771.1 (relating to court-
imposed sanctions for offenders violating probation);
(iv) in consultation with the Office of the Budget
and the Department of Corrections, implementation of
short sentence parole under 61 Pa.C.S. § 6137.1 (relating
to short sentence parole), use of the State Drug
Treatment Program under 61 Pa.C.S. Ch. 41 (relating to
State drug treatment program) and use of sanctions for
technical parole violations under 61 Pa.C.S. § 6138(c)
(1.2) (relating to violation of terms of parole); and
(v) evaluations of the effectiveness and cost-
benefit of various criminal justice interventions and
programming, including restrictive conditions of
probation, recidivism risk reduction incentive programs,
the State Drug Treatment Program, the State Motivational
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