Bill > HB463

This bill amends the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to add a new subchapter on "Earned Compliance Credit" within the chapter on the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It defines terms such as "Agency" (the Department of Corrections or other government agencies responsible for supervising individuals on probation, parole, or post-release supervision), "Case plan" (an individualized accountability and behavior change strategy for supervised individuals), and "Compliance credit" (a 15-day period for every month that a supervised individual fulfills the terms of their case plan, has no new arrests, and makes scheduled payments for restitution, fines, and fees). 2. It requires the agency to award earned compliance credits to supervised individuals who satisfy the requirements specified in their case plan, place them in a non-active supervision status for the number of days earned as compliance credits, and submit a petition to the court or releasing authority to request a reduction in the period of supervision when the individual has no outstanding obligations. 3. It requires the agency to adopt rules and regulations for the forfeiture of earned compliance credits as part of a graduated sanction system, with the extent of forfeiture related to the severity of the violation, and a procedure for the restoration of forfeited credits. 4. It provides that individuals who default on the payment of court costs, restitution, or fines due to lack of financial means cannot be prohibited from earning or being awarded earned compliance credits as long as they are compliant with other requirements.