PAROLE REQUIREMENTS H.B. 6275 (H-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 6275 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative David Robertson
House Committee: Judiciary
Senate Committee: Judiciary
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Corrections Code to require a home call within 45 days of parole placement and periodic checks of the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) for a parolee who had served a sentence for a violent felony; require periodic substance abuse testing of a parolee who had a history of substance abuse and was assigned to intensive, maximum, or medium parole supervision; and require the Department of Corrections (DOC) to submit to the Legislature certain reports regarding parole.
If a prisoner serving a sentence for a violent felony were paroled, the supervising parole agent would have to make a home call within the first 45 days after parole placement and do a LEIN check on the parolee at least quarterly and not later than one month before a parolee was discharged from parole.
If a parolee had a history of substance abuse and were assigned to intensive, maximum, or medium parole supervision, the DOC would have to require the parolee to submit to substance abuse testing at least twice each month.
By April 1 of each year, the DOC would have to report to the Legislature on the number of parolees returned to State correctional facilities for a parole violation involving the use of alcohol or a controlled substance during the preceding calendar year. The DOC also would have to report to the Legislature, on a quarterly basis, the number of parolees who were absconders and the number who had been absconders for more than three months.
Proposed MCL 791.240 Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on the Department of Corrections. The DOC would incur administrative costs associated with developing the annual and quarterly reports.
Date Completed: 12-7-06 Fiscal Analyst: Lindsay Hollander
floor\hb6275 Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb6275/0506