SB 784: Inmate Conditional Medical Release

• Establishes a conditional medical release program within the Department of Corrections allowing eligible inmates with terminal illnesses or permanently incapacitating conditions to be released before serving 85 percent of their sentence.

• Creates a panel of at least three members appointed by the secretary to review eligible inmates and determine whether conditional medical release is appropriate, with hearings required by April 1, 2023 for immediately eligible inmates or within 45 days of referral for newly eligible inmates.

• Defines "terminally ill inmate" as someone expected to die within 6 months and "permanently incapacitated inmate" as someone irreversibly physically incapacitated and not a danger to self or others, both determined to a reasonable degree of medical certainty.

• Imposes minimum release conditions including periodic medical evaluations, supervision by trained officers, active electronic monitoring if necessary, and community control measures; released inmates remain in department custody but department has no duty to provide medical care.

• Authorizes revocation of conditional medical release if the inmate's medical condition improves, if they violate release conditions, or if they commit new offenses; gain-time may be forfeited for condition-based violations but not for medical improvement.