Summary of Original Version

Create a new chapter of KRS Chapter 441 to require the Department of Corrections to contract with a fiscal court of a county or local or regional correctional authority to provide correctional services to state prisoners; provide that the per diem rate agreed to shall not exceed five percent over the actual cost to provide correctional services; amend KRS 196.030 and KRS 441.025 to conform; provide that current contracts between counties to house prisoners shall remain in effect until the contract periods ends; provide that any contract between counties to house prisoners shall not exceed the actual cost to incarceration.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except remove the requirement for the Department of Corrections to assign a classification officer to each jail or regional jail that the department enters into a contract with; remove the requirement for a jail or regional jail to perform random drug screenings; make technical corrections.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 441.025 to provide that contracts between counties for the incarceration and care of prisoners shall be for the lesser of a per diem rate that does not exceed an increase of 10 percent from the prior year per diem rate or the actual cost of incarceration and care.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 196.030, 441.025
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 196.030, 441.025
House Committee Substitute 1: 196.030, 441.025
Current/Final: 196.030, 441.025
Current: 196.030, 441.025