This bill concerns inmate and former inmate reentry, finances, and debts. This bill: - defines terms; - requires, with a delayed implementation date, a county jail to notify certain state agencies that may have information concerning an inmate's existing debts when an inmate is incarcerated in the county jail for more than 90 days and when the inmate is released from the county jail; - requires, with a delayed implementation date, the Office of State Debt Collection to suspend the accrual of interest on certain accounts receivable during periods of at least 90 days of incarceration and for an additional period after release; - expands the duties of the reentry division created by the Department of Corrections (department); - requires the department to provide information to an inmate on a regular basis concerning: the inmate's known debts;incentives for paying certain debts while incarcerated; andinformation on how to access additional information concerning debts and resources on financial literacy and money management; - requires the department:with a delayed implementation date, to notify certain state agencies that may have information concerning an inmate's existing debts when an inmate enters and leaves incarceration; andto provide educational resources to individuals designated by an inmate concerning incentives for repaying certain debts while incarcerated; - amends provisions concerning when incarceration may not be considered by the Office of Recovery Services (office) as voluntary unemployment for purposes of a child support order; - requires the office to suspend child support orders and money judgments in certain circumstances relating to incarceration; - provides that the office shall resume a suspended child support obligation after the offender has been released for 90 days; and - makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 64-13-6, 64-13-23, 81-6-101, 81-6-203
Substitute #1: 64-13-6, 64-13-23, 81-6-101, 81-6-203
Substitute #2: 64-13-6, 64-13-23, 81-6-101, 81-6-203