CS/HB 1219 Summary

• Reduces the maximum annual deposit cap for the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund from $12.5 million to $2.5 million per fiscal year, with excess funds directed to the General Revenue Fund.

• Adds three new revenue sources for the trust fund: proceeds from damage collections, cost of incarceration liens, and inmate copayments for nonemergency healthcare visits.

• Expands permissible uses of trust fund money to include environmental health upgrades to correctional facilities and fixed capital outlay for educational facilities.

• Clarifies that inmate copayment proceeds from nonemergency healthcare must be deposited into the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund or the General Revenue Fund depending on whether the deposit cap has been reached.

• Takes effect July 1, 2023.