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To enact sections 5120.034 and 5139.14 of the Revised | 1 |
Code to allow representatives of faith-based and | 2 |
other community organizations to provide reentry | 3 |
services to persons in the custody of the | 4 |
Department of Rehabilitation and Correction or the | 5 |
Department of Youth Services. | 6 |
Section 1. That sections 5120.034 and 5139.14 of the Revised | 7 |
Code be enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 5120.034. (A)(1) The department of rehabilitation and | 9 |
correction shall permit representatives of all nonprofit | 10 |
faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and | 11 |
community organizations that are registered with the department to | 12 |
enter institutions under the control of the department for the | 13 |
purpose of providing reentry services to inmates. Reentry services | 14 |
may include, but are not limited to, counseling, housing, | 15 |
job-placement, and money-management assistance. | 16 |
(2) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. | 17 |
of the Revised Code for the screening and registration of | 18 |
nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, | 19 |
and community organizations that apply to provide reentry services | 20 |
in institutions under the department's control. | 21 |
(B)(1) The department shall post a department telephone | 22 |
number on the department's official internet web site that | 23 |
nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, | 24 |
and community organizations that wish to provide reentry services | 25 |
to inmates may call to obtain information. The internet web site | 26 |
also shall list all of the nonprofit faith-based, business, | 27 |
professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that | 28 |
are registered with the department under this section. | 29 |
(2) The department shall actively recruit nonprofit | 30 |
faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and | 31 |
community organizations to provide reentry services in | 32 |
institutions under the department's control. The department shall | 33 |
recruit nonprofit organizations from all faiths and beliefs. | 34 |
(C) Annually, the department shall issue a written report on | 35 |
the department's progress in implementing the recommendations of | 36 |
the correctional faith-based initiatives task force. The | 37 |
department shall provide a copy of the written report to each | 38 |
member of the correctional institution inspection committee | 39 |
created under section 103.71 of the Revised Code. | 40 |
(D) The department shall not endorse or sponsor any | 41 |
faith-based reentry program or endorse any specific religious | 42 |
message. The department may not require an inmate to participate | 43 |
in a faith-based program. | 44 |
Sec. 5139.14. (A)(1) The department of youth services shall | 45 |
permit representatives of all nonprofit faith-based, business, | 46 |
professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that | 47 |
are registered with the department to enter institutions that are | 48 |
under the department's control and management for the purpose of | 49 |
providing reentry services to delinquent children in the | 50 |
department's custody. Reentry services may include, but are not | 51 |
limited to, counseling, housing, job-placement, and | 52 |
money-management assistance. | 53 |
(2) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. | 54 |
of the Revised Code for the screening and registration of | 55 |
nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, | 56 |
and community organizations that apply to provide reentry services | 57 |
to delinquent children in institutions under the department's | 58 |
control and management. | 59 |
(B)(1) The department shall post a department telephone | 60 |
number on the department's official internet web site that | 61 |
nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, | 62 |
and community organizations that wish to provide reentry services | 63 |
to delinquent children may call to obtain information. The | 64 |
internet web site also shall list all of the faith-based, | 65 |
business, professional, civic, educational, and community | 66 |
organizations that are registered with the department under this | 67 |
section. | 68 |
(2) The department shall actively recruit nonprofit | 69 |
faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and | 70 |
community organizations to provide reentry services in | 71 |
institutions under the department's control and management. The | 72 |
department shall recruit nonprofit organizations from all faiths | 73 |
and beliefs. | 74 |
(C) Annually, the department shall issue a written report on | 75 |
the department's progress in implementing the recommendations of | 76 |
the correctional faith-based initiatives task force. The | 77 |
department shall provide a copy of the written report to each | 78 |
member of the correctional institution inspection committee | 79 |
created under section 103.71 of the Revised Code. | 80 |
(D) The department shall not endorse or sponsor any | 81 |
faith-based reentry program or endorse any specific religious | 82 |
message. The department may not require any child in its custody | 83 |
to participate in a faith-based program. | 84 |