Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 3375.6 - Automated Needs Assessment Tool

(a) A validated automated needs assessment tool, as defined in Section 3000, will identify criminogenic needs which are most predictive of criminal behavior. The tool identifies a needs value that demonstrates the level of need from high to low and shall be utilized to assist in placing the incarcerated person in a rehabilitative program. Currently the automated needs assessment tool that is being utilized is the Correctional Offender Management Profiling For Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) (copyright version 2020), which is hereby incorporated by reference. This tool is subject to change in the future, due to proprietary licensing rights, software version updates, and the department's agreement with the licensed authority.

(1) An automated needs assessment tool shall be administered during the reception center process for all incarcerated persons.

(2) An automated needs assessment tool shall be administered during the initial or annual review process for incarcerated persons who do not have a completed automated needs assessment tool.

(3) The automated needs assessment tool evaluates the incarcerated person's criminogenic needs in categories such as Substance Use Disorder, Career Technical Education, educational, criminal personality, family criminality, and anger/violence.

(b) The results of the automated needs assessment tool shall be evaluated during committee actions to assist in determining the incarcerated person's placement and sequencing into rehabilitative programs. The automated needs assessment tool results shall be placed in the incarcerated person's central file.

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Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 3375.6

Note: Authority cited: Sections 5058 and 5058.3, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 3020, 5054 and 5068, Penal Code.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 5058 and 5058.3, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 3020, 5054 and 5068, Penal Code.

1. New section filed 5-10-2012 as an emergency; operative 5-10-2012 (Register 2012, No. 19). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-17-2012 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 10-17-2012 as an emergency; operative 10-17-2012 (Register 2012, No. 42). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-15-2013 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Editorial correction of History 2 providing corrected Certificate of Compliance date (Register 2012, No. 44).
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-17-2012 order transmitted to OAL 1-15-2013 and filed 2-25-2013 (Register 2013, No. 9).
5. Amendment of subsection (a)(3) filed 10-29-2013 as an emergency; operative 10-29-2013 (Register 2013, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-7-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-29-2013 order transmitted to OAL 4-4-2014 and filed 5/14/2014 (Register 2014, No. 20).
7. Amendment of subsections (a) and (a)(3) filed 4-27-2021 as an emergency; operative 4/27/2021 (Register 2021, No. 18). Emergency expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an additional 60 days (Executive Order N-71-20). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-1-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
8. Editorial correction of History 7 (Register 2021, No. 36).
9. Amendment of subsections (a)-(a)(3) refiled 2-1-2022 as an emergency; operative 2/1/2022 (Register 2022, No. 5). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-2-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
10. Amendment of subsections (a)-(a)(3) refiled 5-2-2022 as an emergency; operative 5/3/2022 (Register 2022, No. 18). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-1-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
11. Certificate of Compliance as to 5-2-2022 order transmitted to OAL 7-20-2022 and filed 8/31/2022 (Register 2022, No. 35).
12. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 7-1-2024 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2024, No. 27).