SB 1450 Summary

• Requires the director to establish a standard cost comparison model for privatization to evaluate whether private prison proposals offer cost savings to the state.

• Mandates biennial comparisons of private contractor performance against state-operated facilities across eleven criteria including security, inmate management, programs, safety, health services, and recidivism rates.

• Requires the director to conduct cost comparisons of executed private prison contracts once every five years and report findings to the joint legislative budget committee.

• Establishes that private prison proposals must demonstrate cost savings based on the standard comparison model and provide services at least functionally equal to state-provided services to be accepted.