SB87 Alabama 2017 Session

The Alabama Medical Furlough Act establishes a procedure for the discretionary medical furlough of certain incapacitated inmates convicted of certain criminal offenses

This bill would require the Department of Corrections to annually identify all prisoners who have spent 30 or more days in an infirmary or under a physician's care to determine if the prisoner is eligible for a medical furlough. Upon a determination that the prisoner is eligible for medical furlough, the bill would require the expedited furlough of the inmate, subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the department

This bill would also provide that prisoners who have reached a certain age and who have served a certain percentage of their sentence are eligible for medical furloughs under certain conditions

To amend Sections 14-14-2 and 14-14-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to medical furloughs, to require the Department of Corrections to annually identify all prisoners who have spent 30 or more days in an infirmary or under a physician's care; to require the department to evaluate the eligibility of identified prisoners for a medical furlough; to provide for an expedited furlough of eligible prisoners under certain conditions; to provide that prisoners who have reached a certain age and who have served a certain percentage of their sentence are eligible for medical furloughs under certain conditions; and to provide for the medical furlough of prisoners convicted of criminal offenses suffering from life-threatening illnesses when death is imminent and under certain restrictions.