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2010 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chairman: Linda T. Puller

Clerk: Carol Shotton, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: Patrick Cushing
Date of Meeting: March 5, 2010
Time and Place: Friday, 8:30 AM; Senate Room B, General Assembly Building

H.B. 913 Victims of crime; may visit perpetrator in prison facility.

Victims of crime may visit perpetrator in prison facility. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall promulgate a policy to assist a person who was the victim of a crime committed by an offender incarcerated in any state correctional facility to visit with such offender. Such guidelines may include provisions necessary to preserve the safety and security of those at such visit and the good order of the facility, including consideration of the offender's security level, crime committed, and institutional behavior of the offender. Where appropriate, the Department shall make whatever arrangements are necessary to effectuate such a visit. The provisions of this bill do not apply (i) to juvenile victims or (ii) when the offender has been sentenced to death.

H.B. 921 Retention of records; all records of Board of Social Services shall be retained for at least 25 yrs.

Department of Social Services; retention of records. Requires local departments of social services to keep all records from cases involving child sexual abuse involving injuries or conditions that result in or were likely to have resulted in serious harm to a child for a period of 25 years from the date of the complaint.