HB 1231 Summary

• Applies Department of Correction rules for maintaining order and discipline to persons in community corrections programs, community transition programs, and released on parole.

• Repeals requirement that counties receiving community corrections grants be charged for certain persons committed to and confined in state correctional facilities.

• Requires community corrections plans to include evaluation methods for program components and department-approved best practices, with evaluations submitted in budget requests.

• Expands the definition of "home" for home detention purposes to include residences of non-family members and other facilities like hospitals, group homes, and boarding houses.

• Establishes standards for direct placement in community corrections programs, including written criteria, record-keeping systems, law enforcement notification requirements, and 24-hour supervision capabilities; allows persons in community corrections programs to earn credit time unless deprived for rule violations.