HB3665 - Joe Coleman Medical Release Act

• Establishes a medical release program allowing the Prisoner Review Board to release incarcerated individuals who are terminally ill, medically incapacitated, or diagnosed with conditions resulting in medical incapacity within 6 months.

• Permits applications for medical release to be filed by the inmate, prison officials, medical professionals, family members, or attorneys, with materials made available on Department of Corrections and Board websites and in prison law libraries and infirmaries.

• Requires the Department of Corrections to conduct medical evaluations within 10 days of application and mandates the Board render a decision within 90 days, with hearings available upon request and governed by the Open Parole Hearings Act.

• Grants released individuals mandatory supervised release for 5 years, not to exceed the aggregate of the underlying sentence and MSR period, and applies the program retroactively to all currently incarcerated people.

• Requires annual reporting on medical release applications, approvals, demographics, underlying medical conditions, and outcomes including revocations and deaths of released individuals.

• Gives crime victims the right to submit written or recorded statements to the Board for consideration at medical release hearings, with statements kept confidential except for oral statements made at public hearings.