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2005 Session

Budget Amendments - SB700 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Howell
Priority for Receiving State Responsible Inmates (language only)

Item 410 #1s

Item 410 #1s

Public Safety
Corrections, Central Activities, Department of

Language
Page 386, line 37, after "available" insert ", placing a priority on receiving inmates diagnosed and being treated for HIV, mental illnesses requiring medication, or Hepatitis C".


Explanation
(This amendment requires the Department of Corrections to place a priority on transferring certain inmates from local and regional jails into the state correctional system. The intent of this amendment is to provide another mechanism for relieving local and regional jails of the expense of providing high-cost medications to state-responsible inmates who have been diagnosed and are being treated for HIV, mental illnesses requiring medication, or Hepatitis C.)