Chapter 617 Oregon Laws 2007

AN ACT

HB 2241

Relating to corrections; amending ORS 421.504; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 421.504 is amended to read:

421.504. (1) The Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, shall establish a special alternative incarceration program stressing a highly structured and regimented routine. The program:

[(a) Shall be based on a military basic training model that includes extensive discipline, physical work, physical exercise and military drill;]

(a) Shall reflect evidence-based practices;

(b) Shall include a component of intensive self-discipline, physical work and physical exercise;

[(b)] (c) Shall provide for cognitive restructuring in conformance with generally accepted rehabilitative standards;

[(c)] (d) [Shall] May include a drug and alcohol treatment component that meets the standards promulgated by the Department of Human Services pursuant to ORS 430.357; and

[(d)] (e) Shall be [no longer than] at least 270 days’ duration.

(2) The department shall provide capital improvements and capital construction necessary for the implementation of the program.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the department may convert the special alternative incarceration program required by this section into an intensive alternative incarceration addiction program as described in ORS 421.506 if the department determines that the needs of offenders in the department’s custody would be better served by an intensive alternative incarceration addiction program than by the special alternative incarceration program.

SECTION 2. This 2007 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect on its passage.

Approved by the Governor June 26, 2007

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 27, 2007

Effective date June 26, 2007

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