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PRINTER'S NO. 2256
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1968
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY YOUNG, McCLINTON, BROOKS, GUENST, LEE, HILL-EVANS,
BOBACK, SANCHEZ, BURGOS, HARRIS, SCHLOSSBERG, HOHENSTEIN,
DALEY, PARKER, DEASY AND SIMS, OCTOBER 12, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 12, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in safe community reentry, further
providing for Safe Community Reentry Program and for contract
for services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4903(b) of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 4903. Safe Community Reentry Program.
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(b) Assessment and plan.--
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(4) The correctional institution or the board shall
counsel and assist in the completion of applications for
public benefit programs at least 20 days prior to release for
which each incarcerated individual may be eligible following
release from incarceration. Counseling shall include the
following public benefit programs and assistance:
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