HB1401 Summary

• Appropriates $310,713,045 for the Department of Correction's Inmate Care and Custody Fund for fiscal year 2011-2012, including $148,342,798 for regular salaries and $55,260,961 for personal services matching.

• Establishes maximum of 4,394 regular employees and 170 temporary/part-time employees across various classifications, from ADC Director at $141,287 to Administrative Specialist positions.

• Authorizes 588 contingent medical services positions including physicians, dentists, nurses, and health administrators available if the Department cannot continue private medical contracts.

• Provides additional appropriations for inmate welfare ($14,082,686), work release program ($7,317,424), prison industry ($10,794,474), farm operations ($15,448,730), and county jail reimbursements ($20,830,069).

• Grants Department flexibility to transfer appropriations between line items with approval from Chief Fiscal Officer and Legislative Council/Joint Budget Committee for purposes including temporary bed operations, debt service, overtime, construction, and utility rate increases.