E2SSB 5278 — Concerning the management of individuals who are placed in juvenile rehabilitation institutions.

What this bill does

Requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to develop rules for the rated bed capacity of juvenile rehabilitation institutions and monitor the number of persons residing in each institution and when that number reaches 90 percent of rated bed capacity begin planning and identifying methods to avoid exceeding the rated bed capacity, and to take certain discretionary actions to reduce the population of a juvenile rehabilitation institution when the population exceeds 105 percent of rated capacity. Discontinues the placement of individuals convicted in adult court who are over age 21 and have an earned release date after the age of 26 from placement in a DCYF institution when the facility is at or above 105 percent of rated bed capacity, and requires that those individuals be placed in a Department of Corrections (DOC) institution. Allows the DCYF to transfer persons convicted in adult court to the custody of the DOC when continued placement of the person in a DCYF facility presents a significant safety risk to others in the facility, and of certain persons when the population of the institution exceeds 105 percent of the rated bed capacity. Requires the DCYF to establish rules for defining and developing an internal behavioral management infraction system and procedures to respond to a continuing and serious threat to the safety of others in a juvenile institution.

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Floor votes

• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 10, 2025
  49 yea · 0 nay

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