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  ADOPTION NO. _____  

BILL NO: H.4300  (Reference is to Printer's Date 04/18/23-S.)

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 Senator HEMBREE proposes the following amendment (AGM QUOTA ELIMINATION):

 Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 65, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, page 424, proviso 65.19, by striking the proviso in its entirety, and inserting:

/ 65.19. (CORR: Quota Elimination) Pursuant to Section 24-3-60 of the 1976 Code, upon notification by the county, the Department of Corrections shall accept newly sentenced inmates from each local jail and detention center.

For sentenced inmates who the county is willing to transport, the department may limit the acceptance at the Kirkland Correctional Institution to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays,  and at the Perry and Lieber Correctional Institutions to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Monday through Friday Thursday, excluding holidays, and at the Camille Graham Correctional Institution to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, excluding holidays.

By mutual agreement between the Department of Corrections and a local jail or detention center, the department may establish an alternate admissions schedule for receiving inmates at the Reception and Evaluation Center. 

At  the time of least one day prior to the date for transfer of the inmate to the department, the county shall provide the sentencing order, and if available copies of all available medical history and screening records, booking reports, and other documents required to assist the department in its intake processing. Counties that have not completed additional medical screenings at the time of transfer shall not be required to do so. Counties shall not be allowed to have an inmate admitted to the department until after the sentencing order and medical history and screening records in their possession are transferred to the department.

In the event there are inadequate beds within the Reception and Evaluation Center, the Department of Corrections may create a "jail" within the Kirkland Correctional Institution using one or more of the available 192 -bed housing units to accept newly sentenced state inmates who are awaiting R & E processing. The department may operate such "jail," to the extent feasible, in accordance with standards applicable to the local jails.

The department shall use the funds appropriated in this act for "Quota Elimination" to accomplish this initiative and to open a 96 -bed unit at the MacDougall Correctional Institution and the 192-bed housing units at Kirkland Correctional Institution. The funds may not be transferred to any other program or used for any other purpose. /

Amend sections, totals and title to conform.