To amend section 5120.11 of the Revised Code to require the Bureau of Examination and Classification within the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to develop a re-entry plan for each inmate of a correctional institution.

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

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

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

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

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

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 That existing section 5120.11 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.