This bill concerns the reentry and reintegration of offenders and former offenders into the general public. This bill: - provides that a local mental health authority shall, to the extent feasible, coordinate with the Department of Corrections (department) to ensure the continuity of mental health services for county residents on probation or parole; - provides that a criminal justice coordinating council shall identify strategies for: connecting county residents on probation or parole with certain county-based services; andeducating and incentivizing employers to hire county residents who have a criminal record or a juvenile record; - adds an expunged conviction and an arrest that occurred as a juvenile to the circumstances when a public employer may not exclude an applicant from an initial interview; - modifies procedural requirements for appealing a denial of a license under the Division of Professional Licensing Act; - reduces the amount of time following an individual's incarceration for purposes of defining unprofessional conduct in certain circumstances; - creates the Rehabilitation and Reentry Services Restricted Account, which: allows the department to accept donations and other funds; andrestricts funds for specified purposes relating to the successful reintegration of offenders and former offenders into the general public; and - makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 17-43-301, 17-55-201
Substitute #1: 17-43-301, 17-55-201, 34-52-201, 58-1-402, 58-1-501