A.A county may establish a coordinated reentry planning services program within a county jail for the purpose of screening and assessing persons who are booked into a county jail and connecting those persons with behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers at the earliest possible stage in the criminal justice process.
B.Subject to available monies, a coordinated reentry planning services program must:
1.Allow entities to access and use a cross-system recidivism tracking database that incorporates data obtained from prearrest diversion programs, reentry screenings that occur during the booking process, reentry planning that occurs before and during release and postrelease treatment engagement.
2.Allow entities to work in conjunction with counties, cities, towns
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A. A county may establish a coordinated reentry planning services program within a county jail for the purpose of screening and assessing persons who are booked into a county jail and connecting those persons with behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers at the earliest possible stage in the criminal justice process.
B. Subject to available monies, a coordinated reentry planning services program must:
1. Allow entities to access and use a cross-system recidivism tracking database that incorporates data obtained from prearrest diversion programs, reentry screenings that occur during the booking process, reentry planning that occurs before and during release and postrelease treatment engagement.
2. Allow entities to work in conjunction with counties, cities, towns and other political subdivisions of this state and with superior courts to establish an information exchange mechanism that includes reentry planning efforts.
3. Allow county and community-wide collaborative efforts to be established and maintained for jail reentry planning services that include treatment, peer support, housing, transportation and employment services and all branches of the criminal justice and court systems by developing a new coalition or extending an existing coalition.
4. Establish working agreements with coalition partners in which treatment providers use the cross-system recidivism tracking database to record postrelease treatment engagement.
5. Use the cross-system recidivism tracking database to record baseline and ongoing statistics for identified needs, referrals and future recidivism of reentry coordination participants.
C. A county that establishes a coordinated reentry planning services program shall establish a planning committee to develop the program's policies and procedures, including eligibility criteria and program implementation and operation. At a minimum the planning committee shall consist of the following persons:
1. Representatives of the law enforcement agencies participating in the program.
2. A representative of the program services provider.
3. A public defender or the public defender's designee.
4. A prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's designee.
5. A presiding superior court judge or the superior court judge's designee.
6. A clerk of the court or the clerk's designee.
7. Other stakeholders.
D. On or before December 1, 2027 and each year thereafter, a county that receives monies to establish or maintain a coordinated reentry planning services program shall report to the governor, the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the joint legislative budget committee all of the following:
1. For all persons who complete screening:
(a) The percentage with low, moderate and high mental health risks.
(b) The percentage with low, moderate and high substance use disorder risks.
(c) The percentage with other presenting risk factors, including:
(i) No primary care provider.
(ii) No employment.
(iii) No insurance.
(iv) No access to transportation.
(v) Physical health concerns.
(vi) No home.
(vii) Veteran status.
2. Incidence of recidivism, including:
(a) Overall population recidivism rates.
(b) Recidivism rates by mental health and substance use risk factors.
(c) Recidivism rates by other risk factors.
3. The percentage of released individuals who are connected and diverted to services, including behavioral health and housing services.