77-16a-205 - Parole. - Utah Statutes

77-16a-205. Parole.
(1) When a mentally ill offender who has been committed to the department becomeseligible to be considered for parole, the board shall request a recommendation from the executivedirector and from UDC before placing the offender on parole.
(2) Before setting a parole date, the board shall request that its mental health adviserprepare a report regarding the mentally ill offender, including:
(a) all available clinical facts;
(b) the diagnosis;
(c) the course of treatment received at the mental health facility;
(d) the prognosis for remission of symptoms;
(e) potential for recidivism;
(f) an estimation of the mentally ill offender's dangerousness either to himself or others;and
(g) recommendations for future treatment.
(3) Based on the report described in Subsection (2), the board may place the mentally illoffender on parole. The board may require mental health treatment as a condition of parole. Iftreatment is ordered, failure to continue treatment, except by agreement with the treatmentprovider, and the board, is a basis for initiation of parole violation hearings by the board.
(4) UDC, through Adult Probation and Parole, shall monitor the status of a mentally illoffender who has been placed on parole. UDC may provide treatment by contracting with thedepartment, a local mental health authority, any other public or private provider, or in-house staff.
(5) The period of parole may be no less than five years, or until expiration of thedefendant's sentence, whichever occurs first. The board may not subsequently reduce the periodof parole without considering an updated report on the offender's current mental condition.

Enacted by Chapter 171, 1992 General Session