Should the state provide re-entry services to persons released from state and local correctional facilities?

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• The House Health Care & Wellness Committee, heard public testimony on Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5304, which would provide re-entry services to persons released from state and local institutions.
• The bill passed the Senate 48-0 on March 5, and would have to pass the House, in order to make its way to the Governor’s Office, to be signed into law.

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