Section 6242.6 Of Chapter 9.4. Substance Abuse Community Correctional Detention Centers From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 9.4.
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. (a) The board shall provide evaluation of the progress,
activities, and performance of each center and participating county's
progress established pursuant to this chapter and shall report the
findings thereon to the Legislature two years after the operational
onset of each facility.
(b) The board shall select an outside monitoring firm in
cooperation with the Auditor General's office, to critique and
evaluate the programs and their rates of success based on recidivism
rates, drug use, and other factors it deems appropriate. Two years
after the programs have begun operations, the report shall be
provided to the Joint Legislative Prisons Committee, participating
counties, the department, the State Department of Health Care
Services, and other sources the board deems of value. Notwithstanding
subdivision (k) of Section 6242, one hundred fifty thousand dollars
($150,000) is hereby appropriated from the funds disbursed under this
chapter from the 1990 Prison Construction Fund to the Board of
Corrections to be used for program evaluation under this subdivision.
(c) The department shall be responsible for the ongoing monitoring
of contract compliance for state offenders placed in each center.