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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, McGEEHAN, PAYTON, WATERS, BRADFORD, COHEN AND JOSEPHS, FEBRUARY 8, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions, |
3 | establishing the Pennsylvania Interagency Council on Inmate |
4 | Reentry. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
8 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
9 | § 5907. Pennsylvania Interagency Council on Inmate Reentry. |
10 | (a) Establishment.--The Pennsylvania Interagency Council on |
11 | Inmate Reentry is established. |
12 | (b) Membership.--The council shall consist of the following |
13 | members: |
14 | (1) The secretary, or a designee. |
15 | (2) The Secretary of Community and Economic Development, |
16 | or a designee. |
17 | (3) The Secretary of Education, or a designee. |
18 | (4) The Secretary of Labor and Industry, or a designee. |
19 | (5) The Secretary of Public Welfare, or a designee. |
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1 | (6) The Director of Homeland Security, or a designee. |
2 | (7) The Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency |
3 | Management Agency, or a designee. |
4 | (8) The Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Housing |
5 | Finance Agency, or a designee. |
6 | (9) The Adjutant General of the Department of Military |
7 | and Veterans Affairs. |
8 | (10) The victim advocate of the Office of Victim |
9 | Advocate. |
10 | (11) The Chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation |
11 | and Parole. |
12 | (c) Duties.--The council shall examine: |
13 | (1) The adverse consequences of mandatory sentencing in |
14 | this Commonwealth. |
15 | (2) The cost of incarceration of inmates from the date |
16 | of their sentencing to their date of release. |
17 | (3) The ways in which the process of reentering inmates |
18 | into the community may be improved. |
19 | (4) The ways of strengthening the educational and |
20 | vocational skills of inmates while incarcerated. |
21 | (5) The ways to establish and implement effective and |
22 | consistent reentry plans prior to inmates' scheduled release |
23 | into the community. |
24 | (d) Report to General Assembly.--The council shall submit a |
25 | report to the General Assembly that provides the results of its |
26 | findings and examination under subsection (c) and shall file its |
27 | report with recommendations no later than one year from the |
28 | effective date of this section. |
29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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