HF3328 Summary

• Appropriates $1,786,976.89 in fiscal year 2017 to compensate three exonerated individuals: Michael Ray Hansen ($916,828.76), Koua Fong Lee ($395,148.13), and Roger Lee Olsen ($475,000) under the Imprisonment and Exoneration Remedies Act.

• Appropriates $11,140.65 in fiscal year 2017 to the Department of Corrections for payment of injury and medical claims, including specific payments to five claimants for injuries sustained while incarcerated or performing sentence-to-service work.

• Establishes a $7,000 claim limit for commissioners of human services, veterans affairs, and corrections to settle without legislative approval for property loss of patients or inmates and medical claims by conditionally released offenders; claims exceeding $7,000 require legislative approval.

• Increases the legislative claims filing fee from $5 to $8, effective July 1, 2016; successful claimants receive reimbursement of the fee.

• Modifies the claims process for sentence-to-service and community work service injuries, increasing the threshold from $500 to $7,000 for direct department settlement before legislative review.