HB533 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg Wren

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Medical Furlough Act, definition of permanently incapacitated inmate further provided for, Commissioner of Department of Corrections to report to Legislature information regarding certain inmates under medical supervision, commissioner required to evaluate certain inmates frequently in infirmary or under medical supervision for a medical furlough, Secs. 14-14-2, 14-14-4, 14-14-5, 14-14-7 am'd.

Description

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.

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Subjects

Corrections Department