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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Corrections shall require the committed person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency basis to pay a $5 co-payment to the Department for each visit for medical or dental services. Provides that if a Department facility maintains a commissary or commissaries serving inmates, the selling prices for all goods shall be sufficient to cover the costs of the goods and an additional charge of up to 10% (rather than 35% for tobacco products and up to 25% for non-tobacco products). Deletes provisions that the Department shall notify the Attorney General of the existence of any proceeds which it believes should be applied towards a satisfaction, in whole or in part, of the person's incarceration costs. Deletes provision that of the compensation earned for work assignments, a portion, as determined by the Department, shall be used to offset the cost of the committed person's incarceration.
Correctional Note (Dept of Corrections)
The total impact of HB 5104 would result in a budget reduction of $59,000,000 over ten years. The reduction in operating funds will also impact the offender population as the elimination of funds described under the bill currently provide a direct quality of life benefit to incarcerated persons. Therefore, the impact of this proposal on the Department of Corrections is not limited to budgetary concerns, but will also negatively impact those it seeks to assist.
Restores provision that if a Department of Corrections facility maintains a commissary or commissaries serving inmates, the selling prices for all goods shall be sufficient to cover the costs of the goods and an additional charge of up to 35% for tobacco products and up to 25% for non-tobacco products. Restores provisions that the Department shall notify the Attorney General of the existence of any proceeds which it believes should be applied towards a satisfaction, in whole or in part, of the person's incarceration costs. Restores provision that of the compensation earned for work assignments, a portion, as determined by the Department, shall be used to offset the cost of the committed person's incarceration.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Restores that notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, any person committed to any facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice is exempt from the co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in those facilities.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Corrections shall require the committed person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency basis to pay a $5 co-payment to the Department for each visit for medical or dental services. Provides that neither the Department of Corrections nor the Department of Juvenile Justice may require a committed person or person committed to any facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice to pay any co-payment for receiving medical or dental services.
Governor Amendatory Veto Message Recommends reducing from $5 to $3.90 the co-payment for non-emergency medical or dental services for persons committed to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice (rather than prohibiting the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice from requiring a committed person to pay a co-payment for medical or dental services).
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