An Act to Reduce Recidivism by Improving Access to Benefits for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities upon Release from Incarceration

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Article VII: Photo Identification

[Correctional agencies] shall arrange for adults and emancipated youth with psychiatric disabilities to have photo identification when they are released from incarceration. [Correctional agencies] will ensure that inmates who lack photo identification are issued a photo identification card before or immediately upon release. The photo identification card will not disclose the individual’s incarceration or criminal record. It will list an address other than a correctional facility.

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