Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-1058

EPS 1058

Residential Treatment and Rehabilitation Program Access

Ms. Jehlen, Messrs. Cyr, deMacedo, Lewis and Eldridge, Ms. Friedman, Messrs. Moore, Brownsberger and Feeney, Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Lesser and DiDomenico, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Brady, Humason, Collins, Timilty, Keenan, Rush and O'Connor, Ms. Creem and Mr. Boncore moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting the following section:-

SECTION XX. 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.".