HB533 Alabama 2014 Session

The Alabama Medical Furlough Act establishes a procedure for the discretionary medical furlough of certain incapacitated inmates convicted of non-capital felony offenses

This bill would further provide for the definition of a permanently incapacitated inmate and would require the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to report to certain legislative committees and the Alabama Sentencing Commission the condition of all inmates who have spent more than 60 days in an infirmary or under medical supervision, as well as steps taken to evaluate medical furloughs for those inmates

This bill would require the commissioner to implement a program to annually evaluate all inmates who have spent 60 days or more in an infirmary or under a physician's care to determine if the inmate should be considered for a medical furlough

This bill would also authorize the commissioner to revoke a medical furlough for any reason that would be deemed a violation of parole

To amend Sections 14-14-2, 14-14-4, 14-14-5, and 14-14-7, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Medical Furlough Act, to further provide for the definition of permanently incapacitated inmate; to require the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to report to certain legislative committees and the Alabama Sentencing Commission the condition of all inmates who have spent a certain number of days in the infirmary or under medical supervision; to require the commissioner to implement a program to evaluate annually certain inmates who have spent a certain number of days in the infirmary or under medical supervision for a medical furlough; and to authorize the commissioner to revoke a medical furlough for any reason that would be deemed a violation of parole.