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Committee hears legal risks and reporting obligations in H.550 PREA proposal
Summary
H.550 would authorize Vermont's Department of Corrections to adopt federal PREA standards into state law and require certain PREA reporting and reviews. Legislative counsel briefed the committee on federal enforcement changes, recent California litigation, and DOJ pattern/practice inquiries.
The Senate Institutions Committee resumed consideration of H.550 on March 31, a bill that would authorize Vermont's Department of Corrections to comply with federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards as state law and add related reporting and review requirements.
Laurie Cheddar Ames of the Office of Legislative Council told the committee section 6 of H.550 captures the 44 PREA topic areas and would authorize DOC to continue complying with those standards in state statute. "Section 6 adds an authorization in state law for the Department of Corrections to comply with the national standards, promulgated under the Prison Rape Elimination Act," Ames said.
Ames explained…
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