House
File
622
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
622
BY
ANDERSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
a
rehabilitation
plan
and
a
postincarceration
1
plan
for
an
inmate
committed
to
the
custody
of
the
Iowa
2
department
of
corrections.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
904.502A
Rehabilitation
plan
and
1
postincarceration
plan.
2
1.
The
superintendent
of
an
institution
shall,
within
six
3
months
after
the
commitment
or
entrance
of
an
inmate
to
an
4
institution
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
department,
develop
5
an
individualized
written
plan
and
timeline
for
each
inmate
6
directed
toward
the
rehabilitation
of
the
inmate
and
preparing
7
the
inmate
to
live
outside
of
the
institution.
The
plan
shall
8
include
but
is
not
limited
to
an
assessment
of
the
inmate’s
9
needs
in
the
following
areas:
10
a.
Academic
educational
needs.
11
b.
Career
and
job
training
needs.
12
c.
Substance
use
disorder
treatment
needs.
13
d.
Mental
health
or
mental
illness
treatment
needs,
14
including
cognitive
behavioral
therapy
designed
to
help
the
15
inmate
change
the
patterns
of
behavior
that
led
to
the
inmate’s
16
criminal
activity.
17
2.
Within
six
months
of
an
inmate’s
potential
release
from
18
an
institution,
the
superintendent
shall
assist
each
inmate
19
in
preparing
a
postincarceration
plan
to
include
but
not
be
20
limited
to
all
of
the
following:
21
a.
Workforce
training
including
employment
preparation
22
skills
such
as
job
readiness
and
job
search
techniques.
23
b.
Empathy
and
victim
impact
training.
24
c.
A
plan
for
securing
housing
and
work
upon
the
inmate’s
25
release.
26
d.
Arranging
substance
use
disorder
treatment
and
mental
27
health
services
upon
the
inmate’s
release.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
requires
the
superintendent
of
each
institution
32
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
department
of
corrections
to
33
prepare
a
rehabilitation
plan
and
a
postincarceration
plan
for
34
each
inmate
committed
to
the
custody
of
the
Iowa
department
of
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corrections.
1
The
bill
provides
that
the
superintendent
of
each
Iowa
2
department
of
corrections
institution
shall,
within
six
3
months
after
the
commitment
or
entrance
of
an
inmate
to
4
an
institution,
develop
an
individualized
written
plan
and
5
timeline
for
each
inmate
directed
toward
the
rehabilitation
6
of
the
inmate
and
preparing
the
inmate
to
live
outside
of
the
7
institution.
The
plan
shall
include
but
is
not
limited
to
8
an
assessment
of
the
inmate’s
needs
in
the
following
areas:
9
academic
educational,
career
and
job
training,
substance
10
use
disorder
treatment,
and
mental
health
or
mental
illness
11
treatment
including
cognitive
behavioral
therapy
designed
to
12
help
the
inmate
change
the
patterns
of
behavior
that
led
to
13
criminal
activity.
14
The
bill
provides
that
within
six
months
of
an
inmate’s
15
potential
release
from
an
institution,
the
superintendent
shall
16
assist
each
inmate
in
the
preparation
of
a
postincarceration
17
plan
to
include
but
not
be
limited
to
workforce
training
18
including
employment
preparation
skills
such
as
job
readiness
19
and
job
search
techniques,
empathy
and
victim
impact
training,
20
securing
housing
and
work
upon
the
inmate’s
release,
and
21
arranging
substance
use
disorder
treatment
and
mental
health
22
services
upon
the
inmate’s
release.
23
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