,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abjg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #ai1    
#bjba,mr4 ,whitehouse introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to require a
 ,federal court to consider certain     
factors in imposing a sentence on a     
caretaker1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,community-,based ,sentencing       
,alternatives for ,caretakers ,act of   
#bjba4  #b4 ,factors to be considered in
 imposing a sentence on a primary       
caretaker  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#ceec of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#f71 by        
striking 2 and and inserting a          
semicolon2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#g71 by  
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    

7#h7 a community-based alternative      
sentence for a defendant if-- 7,a7 such 
defendant is a caretaker2 and  7,b7 the 
particular sentence to be imposed is for
 an offense that is not a violent       
offense under subsection 7g74  2 and    
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new subsection3  7h7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,community-based     
alternative sentence  7,a7 ,in general  
,the term community-based alternative   
sentence means a sentence that may      
require the defendant to complete or    
participate in community-based          
programming1 counseling1 or other       
treatment or programming1 as ordered by 
the court4  7,b7 ,types of treatment    
,community-based programming1           
counseling1 or other treatment1         
includes-- 7i7 drug counseling1         
treatment1 or rehabilitation programing2
  7ii7 alcohol counseling1 treatment1 or
 rehabilitation programing2  7iii7      
individual or family counseling2  7iv7  
family case management services2  7v7   

job training and job placement          
programing2  7vi7 educational           
programming2 or  7vii7 any other        
treatment or programming determined to  
be appropriate by the court4  7#b7      
,caretaker ,the term caretaker means an 
individual who has consistently assumed 
substantial responsibility for the      
housing1 health1 and safety of a child1 
parent1 or other immediate family       
member1 including an adult child or     
family member with a disability1 of such
 defendant4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the
 amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall 
take effect on the date that is #ij days
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act4