Postrelease community supervision.

Assembly Member Lackey’s measure would reshape postrelease supervision by aligning pre-release planning and information sharing between the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county probation departments with California’s CalAIM-driven reentry services, and by adding coordination around where a released person will reside. The core aim is to expand the framework for coordinating supervision, care management, and local service delivery as individuals transition from prison back into the community.

A key change requires the department to notify the county probation department, in writing and verbally, of the scheduled release date and all information ordinarily required for parolees no less than 90 days before discharge. If the discharge date is set or reset to occur within 90 days, the department must provide that information within five business days after the date the discharge date is set or reset, but no later than 30 days before discharge. The measure also obligates the department to share the names and contact information of the prerelease, postrelease, and enhanced care managers to ensure CalAIM processes are integrated with local reentry services and court-ordered conditions. Finally, if a county probation department identifies that a person’s current county of residence may differ from the last legal residence, the department must coordinate with the probation department to determine the current county of residence and develop coordinated release and transport plans to that county. The existing postrelease supervision framework—up to three years for eligible individuals, subject to specified exclusions—remains in place.

Implementation and fiscal considerations focus on how CDCR and county probation departments would carry out the expanded duties. There is no new state appropriation specified in the bill text; costs would be addressed under the state’s mandate reimbursement framework if the Commission on State Mandates finds a state-mandated cost. The bill would be characterized as creating a state-mandated local program by increasing duties on counties, which could influence local budgeting and staffing for notification, data coordination, and cross-county transport planning. Privacy and data-sharing implications are not addressed in the text, leaving operational questions about MOUs, data custodianship, and consent to implementers.

Contextually, the provisions intend to tie postrelease supervision more closely to health and social supports through CalAIM and to formalize cross-agency planning for housing and services as part of reentry. The measure preserves the existing exclusions from postrelease supervision and adds planning-driven steps that rely on collaboration across CDCR, county probation departments, and local reentry partners. By embedding the new timelines and care-management coordination, the proposal seeks to formalize advance planning and interagency cooperation without altering the fundamental duration or structure of postrelease supervision, aside from the added integration requirements.