HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1859

    Amendment No. 04 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Trovillion offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

14         On page 4, line 19 through page 6, line 6,

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         (c)  In conjunction with its efforts to redirect

19  resources, beginning in September 2001 and annually

20  thereafter, the department shall prepare a report for the

21  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House  and

22  other appropriate groups which includes a statement of the

23  financial savings to the Department of Children and Family

24  Services and local governments which result from the labor and

25  other contributions of River Junction inmates, as well as

26  projected new opportunities for work assignment.  The report

27  shall also include monthly population statistics and

28  comparisons of this geriatric facility to other correctional

29  facilities housing the specified age population in areas

30  including, but not limited to, incidents, job assignments,

31  programing, housing and health care.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1859

    Amendment No. 04 (for drafter's use only)





 1         (3)  The department shall adopt rules that specify

 2  which elderly offenders shall be eligible to be housed at

 3  River Junction Correctional Institution.

 4         (4)  While developing the criteria for eligibility, the

 5  department shall use the information in existing offender

 6  databases to determine the number of offenders who would be

 7  eligible. The Legislature directs the department to consider a

 8  broad range of elderly offenders for River Junction

 9  Correctional Institution who have good disciplinary records

10  and a medical grade that will permit them to perform

11  meaningful work activities, including participation in an

12  appropriate correctional-work-program (PRIDE) facility, if

13  available.

14         (5)  The department shall also submit a study based on

15  existing offenders which projects the number of existing

16  offenders who will qualify under the rules. An appendix to the

17  study shall identify the specific offenders who qualify.

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