Guam § 93 - Criminal Sexual Conduct Assessment: Standardized

§ 93. Criminal Sexual Conduct Assessment: Standardized

Procedure.

(a) The Superior Court of Guam, the Department of

Corrections, the Guam Parole Board, the Guam Police

Department, and the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness

Center (the Assessment Team) shall cooperate to develop and

implement the following:

(1) A standardized procedure for the assessment of

individuals accused or convicted of sexual offenses for

dangerousness and risk for recidivism. The assessment may

include the use of physiological testing, in conjunction with

a thorough psychiatric evaluation, comprehensive sexual

history, and clinical expertise or such other test of the

offender as deemed appropriate by the Assessment Team.

The assessment procedure developed pursuant to this

Section shall recommend treatment or rehabilitation that is

appropriate to the needs of the particular offender and

which is aimed at reducing dangerousness and risk of

recidivism or shall indicate whether no treatment or

rehabilitation is known or predictable that will reduce

dangerousness or risk of recidivism.

(2) A system of programs for treatment and

rehabilitation of individuals convicted of criminal sexual

conduct offenses which can be utilized by offenders who

are placed on probation, incarcerated at the Department of

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Corrections, placed on parole, or placed in community

corrections, or released on probation or parole, or

discharged from prison.

(b) The procedures for treatment and rehabilitation required

to be developed by Subsection (a) of this Section shall be

implemented only to the extent monies are available; provided

that, in all cases, persons referred or ordered to receive treatment

or rehabilitation shall do so at their own expense, unless such

person is determined to be indigent.

(c) The Superior Court of Guam, the Department of

Corrections, the Guam Parole Board, the Guam Police

Department, and the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness

Center shall cooperate to develop a schedule of fees sufficient to

cover the costs of assessment, testing, and treatment as required

by this Section. All persons referred or ordered to receive

assessment, testing, or treatment shall be made to pay for such,

in accordance with the fee schedule, except in such cases where

the person is determined to be indigent, at which point the

government of Guam may provide access to government funded

or government contracted service providers, if available.