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F I S C A L    I M P A C T    R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR

Martinez

DATE TYPED

2-9-04

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE

Parolee Reintegration Task Force

SB

SJM 43

 

 

ANALYST

Reynolds-Forte

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY04

FY05

FY04

FY05

 

NFI

 

 

NFI

 

 

Duplicates HJM 53

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

 

Responses Receicved From

Corrections Department

Children, Youth and Families Department

Health Department

 

SUMMARY

 

Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Joint Memorial 43 requests the Secretary of the Corrections Department to convene a task force to study barriers to successful reintegration of parolees into their communities and to improve coordination of release and reentry planning for parolees by executive agencies. 

 

The memorial also requests the task force to study barriers to employment, public benefits, housing family reintegration, education and legal immigration that hamper parolee’s efforts to rejoin their families and communities.

 

The task force is to include the Secretary of Human Services, the Secretary of Children, Youth and Families, the Secretary of Health, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Public Education Department, a representative from the New Mexico Women’s Justice Project and a representative from the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty.

 

The task force is requested to submit a report to the Interim Corrections Oversight and Justice Committee and the Interim Legislative Health and Human Services Committee no later that November 1, 2004.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

SJM 43 does not contain an appropriation.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

 

The Corrections Department will have additional administrative requirement on staff to coordinate meetings and develop recommendations and the other designated Department Secretary/Designee will be required to attend the task force meetings.

 

DUPLICATION

 

Senate Joint Memorial 43 and House Joint Memorial  53 are duplicates.

 

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