GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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SENATE BILL 88
Children and Human Resources Committee Substitute Adopted 3/2/95

Short Title:  Study/Release From Juvenile Confinement.  	(Public)

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Referred to: Appropriations

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January 30, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES TO STUDY AND DEVELOP PROPOSALS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE SUCCESS OF YOUTH RELEASED FROM JUVENILE CONFINEMENT FACILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a) The Division of Youth Services in the Department of Human Resources shall study and develop proposals designed to effectively serve youth who are released from juvenile confinement facilities in a manner that decreases the likelihood of readmission to juvenile confinement facilities or incarceration within the Department of Correction.
(b) The study shall be incorporated into the comprehensive study of the Division of Youth Services' juvenile justice system authorized by Section 36 of Chapter 24 of the Session Laws of the 1994 Extra Session.
Sec. 2.  The date for reporting the results of the comprehensive study of the Division of Youth Services' juvenile justice system authorized by Section 36 of Chapter 24 of the Session Laws of the 1994 Extra Session shall be extended to October 1, 1995.  The study required by Section 1 of this act shall also be presented to the Minority Males Study Committee, if it is reauthorized.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.