HB533 Summary

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

• Requires the Department of Corrections Commissioner to report annually to the Joint Legislative Interim Prison Committee, House Judiciary Sentencing Commission Subcommittee, and Alabama Sentencing Commission on the condition of all inmates who have spent more than 60 days in an infirmary or under medical supervision, including steps taken to evaluate them for medical furloughs.

• Mandates the Commissioner implement an annual program to evaluate all inmates who have spent 60 or more days in an infirmary or under a physician's care to determine medical furlough eligibility.

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

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.