HB613 Summary

• Amends the Alabama Medical Furlough Act to define "permanently incapacitated inmate" as a non-capital felony inmate who requires assistance with two or more daily life functions or is completely immobile and poses extremely low risk of physical threat to others.

• Requires the Commissioner of Corrections to annually evaluate all inmates who have spent 60 or more days in an infirmary or under physician's care to determine medical furlough eligibility.

• Mandates the Commissioner report annually to the Joint Legislative Interim Prison Committee, House Judiciary Sentencing Commission Subcommittee, and Alabama Sentencing Commission regarding medical furlough applications, approvals, denials, and inmates' medical conditions after 60 days of infirmary stay.

• Authorizes the Commissioner to revoke a medical furlough for any reason that would constitute a violation of parole.

• Takes effect on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.