HF 2550 Summary

• Adds security screening systems to ionizing radiation-producing equipment registration requirements with $100 annual fee and exempts operators from examination requirements effective upon permanent rulemaking.

• Prohibits state and local jails from housing inmates in privately owned and operated facilities after July 1, 2019, and August 1, 2019 respectively.

• Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Corrections with authority to investigate Department of Corrections decisions, receive complaints from inmates, and make recommendations to promote competence and justice in corrections administration.

• Creates guidelines for administrative and disciplinary segregation in state correctional facilities including mental health screening, graduated interventions, daily wellness rounds, and incentives for return to general population.

• Establishes local correctional officers discipline procedures protecting officers' rights during formal statements, including presence of union representative or attorney, recordings, and prohibits retaliation for exercising these rights.

• Authorizes jail mental illness information sharing with county social services agencies for discharge planning and support services.

• Extends criminal gang investigative data retention if individual is committed to corrections and documents gang activities during confinement.

• Appropriates funds for ombudsman office, correctional officer wage increases to $19.95/hour minimum, additional correctional officer positions, pilot project for incarcerated women, and dosage probation task force.