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LA HB388
Bill
Status
4/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
John Illg
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AI Summary
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Increases the daily rate the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C) pays parish jails for housing state inmates from the current $26.39 to $35 in FY 2025-2026, $37 in FY 2026-2027, $39 in FY 2027-2028, and $40 in FY 2028-2029 and thereafter
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Applies to state inmates held in parish jails due to court orders, lack of state facility space, department refusal to accept, inmates held without bail pending appeal, or participants in the Blue Walters Substance Abuse Program
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Payments made from date of sentencing until the inmate is transferred to a state penal or correctional institution
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Requires DPS&C to work with sheriffs and parish governing authorities to ensure jail guidelines provide for treatment and educational programming for confined individuals
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Amends R.S. 15:824(B)(1)(a)
Legislative Description
Provides relative to the amount DPS&C pays for the housing of state inmates in a parish jail or institution (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS
Last Action
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
4/30/2025