Amendment #576 to H4400

Residential treatment and rehabilitation program access

Mr. Vieira of Falmouth moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:-

“SECTION XXXX.  Chapter 127 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in section 22 the following:- “Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, persons committed on charge of crime may participate in residential treatment or other rehabilitative programs with persons serving a criminal sentence, provided that such persons committed on charge of crime shall not be housed in the same cell with persons serving a criminal sentence. The commissioner of correction, or for a county facility, the sheriff, shall adopt policies and procedures as to the management of said participation consistent with public safety and the security and operational needs of the facility.”

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Residential treatment and rehabilitation program access