HB 535: Aged Prison Inmates
GENERAL BILL by Edwards ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cortes, J.
Aged Prison Inmates; Requires DOC to consider needs of inmates older than 50 years of age & adopt health care standards for that population; provides for supervised conditional elderly release program; provides criteria for program eligibility; authorizes arrest of inmate who has been released under supervised conditional elderly release program; defines "elderly & infirm inmate"; permits inmates 65 and over to serve less than 85% of their sentences if they receive certain forms of release & requires them to serve a lower minimum percentage of their sentences; expands eligibility for conditional medical release to include elderly & infirm inmates.
Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 House - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2017 House - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/25/2017 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/6/2017 | House |
• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 70 |
| 3/7/2017 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 70 |
| 5/5/2017 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
