2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB197 586

Amendment No. 586

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 197                                                                           (BDR 16‑23)

Proposed by: Committee on Finance

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 and 2, renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 2 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1. NRS 209.4237 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     209.4237  1.  The director shall, in conjunction with the bureau and with the approval of the board, establish a program to evaluate an offender in the custody of the department to determine whether the offender is a substance abuser and whether the offender may benefit from participation in a therapeutic community.

     2.  An evaluation of an offender must be conducted pursuant to subsection 1 if the offender is eligible to be assigned to a therapeutic community.

     3.  After an evaluation is conducted pursuant to subsection 1, the director or a person designated by the director shall determine whether the offender is a substance abuser and whether the offender may benefit from participation in a therapeutic community.

     4.  If a determination is made that the offender is a substance abuser and that the offender may benefit from participation in a therapeutic community, the director or a person designated by the director shall determine whether to assign the offender to participate in a therapeutic community. In determining whether to assign an offender to participate in a therapeutic community, the director or a person designated by the director shall:

     (a) Consider the severity of the problem of substance abuse by the offender and the availability of space in each therapeutic community; and

     (b) Give preference, to the extent practicable, to those offenders who appear to be most capable of successfully participating in and completing treatment in a therapeutic community.

     5.  [If an offender is] To be eligible to be assigned to participate in a therapeutic community, [the offender must be assigned to participate in the therapeutic community for the year immediately preceding] an offender must be within 2 years of the date on which [he] the offender is reasonably expected to be released, as determined by the director.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to therapeutic communities; revising the provisions governing the date on which an offender is eligible to be assigned to participate in a therapeutic community; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing date on which offender is eligible to be assigned to participate in therapeutic community. (BDR 16‑23)”.