SB 595 Summary

• Appropriates funds for Department of Public Safety operating expenses for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021

• Provides $1,740,404 in general funds for additional 3 months of housing for 248 Halawa Correctional Facility inmates in Arizona

• Allocates $1,944,923 in general funds for medical healthcare expenses and $745,527 for pharmacy prescription expenses

• Adds 8 permanent deputy sheriff positions related to homeless and illegal camping operations with $419,302 in general funds; adds 2 farm manager positions at Kulani and Waiawa correctional facilities with $108,400 each

• Allocates $142,144 in general funds for pre- and post-psychological testing expenses for recruitment of deputy sheriffs and adult corrections officers