As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

S. B. No. 33

Senator Miller, D. 

Cosponsors: Senators Turner, Roberts, Miller, R., Fedor, Schiavoni, Sawyer, Stewart 

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A BILL

To amend section 5120.11 of the Revised Code to

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require the Bureau of Examination and

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Classification within the Department of

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Rehabilitation and Correction to develop a

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re-entry plan for each inmate of a correctional

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institution.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 5120.11 of the Revised Code be	7
amended to read as follows:	8

Sec. 5120.11.  Within the department of rehabilitation and	9
correction, there shall be established and maintained a bureau of	10
examination and classification. The bureau shall conduct or	11
provide for sociological, psychological, and psychiatric	12
examination of each inmate of the correctional institutions. The	13
examination shall be made as soon as possible after each inmate is	14
admitted to any of the institutions, and further examinations may	15
be made, if it is advisable. If the inmate is determined to be a	16
mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person, as defined	17
in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code, the bureau shall notify	18
the sentencing court in writing of its determination within	19
forty-five days after sentencing.	20

At the time of the examination, unless contraindicated	21
because of the nature of the sentence, the bureau also shall	22
prepare a written re-entry plan for each inmate to assist in the	23
inmate's re-entry into the community and to assess the inmate's	24
needs upon release. The department shall adopt rules under Chapter	25
119. of the Revised Code that establish standards to be used by	26
the bureau in preparing re-entry plans.	27

The bureau shall collect such social and other information as	28
will aid in the interpretation of its examinations and preparation	29
of re-entry plans.	30

Subject to division (C) of section 5120.21 of the Revised	31
Code, the bureau shall keep a record of the health, activities,	32
and behavior of each inmate while the inmate is in the custody of	33
the state. The records, including the findings and recommendations	34
of the bureau, shall be made available to the adult parole	35
authority for use in imposing post-release control sanctions under	36
section 2967.28 of the Revised Code or any other section of the	37
Revised Code, in granting parole, and in making parole,	38
post-release, and rehabilitation plans for the inmate when the	39
inmate leaves the institution, and to the department for its use	40
in approving transfers of inmates from one institution to another.	41

Section 2. That existing section 5120.11 of the Revised Code	42
is hereby repealed.	43