SB228 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg AlbrittonSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Parole and probation violations, limits of confnement for parole and probation violations further revised, provide that the Dept. of Corrections shall reimburse the counties for health care costs of state parolees and probationers, require Dept. of Corrections to designate regional facilities for the confinement of parole and probation violators, Secs. 15-22-29, 15-22-32, 15-22-52, 15-22-54 am'd.

Summary

SB228 rewrites confinement rules for parole and probation violations, shifts certain costs from counties to the Department of Corrections, and requires regional facilities to house violators.

What This Bill Does

It tightens the limits on how long a parolee or probationer can be confined for violations (up to 45 days per incident, with up to three such periods, and the remaining term continues under supervision). It requires the Department of Corrections to reimburse counties for health care costs of state parolees and probationers, and to pay counties a daily housing rate if state facilities are not yet designated or if violators are housed in county jails. It also directs the Department of Corrections to designate three regional state-owned facilities for confinement of violators and creates a Parole Revocation Hearing Officer to conduct hearings and implement the new procedures.

Who It Affects

• Counties in Alabama – will not be financially responsible for health care costs of housing parolees/probationers, and will receive reimbursement for housing costs (daily rates) if state facilities are not yet designated or if violators are held in county jails.
• State parolees and probationers under supervision – face revised confinement rules (potential confinement up to 45 days per incident, up to three periods, with automatic continuation on parole or probation after confinement) and may be placed in three regional facilities; their revocation and hearing processes are updated.

Key Provisions

• Confinement limits for violations revised: up to 45 consecutive days per period, up to three periods, with confinement counted toward the original sentence and without unauthorized reduction by time already served; after confinement, the remaining term continues under parole or probation.
• Cost shifting to DOC: counties are not responsible for health care costs of parolees/probationers housed in county facilities; DOC must reimburse counties for actual health care costs and pay a daily housing rate when regional facilities are not designated or when violators are housed in county jails.
• Regional facilities: DOC must designate three regional state-owned facilities for housing parole and probation violators; if not designated by the deadlines, counties receive daily housing rate payments based on the prior year’s average cost of state custody care, with annual rate updates.
• Probation violators: similar three-facility requirement and daily housing rate mechanism; counties not responsible for health care costs; reimbursement process applies to state probationers housed in county jails.
• Procedural changes: creation of Parole Revocation Hearing Officer to conduct parole courts, with guidelines, and mandated rights and procedures for hearings and potential sanctions.
• Effective date: the act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval.

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Subjects

Criminal Law and Procedure