S.F. No. 4076 Summary

• Requires the Department of Corrections to provide feminine hygiene products (minimum sanitary napkins and tampons) at no cost to female inmates in state correctional facilities, with the commissioner developing implementation policies.

• Clarifies that the Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit may exercise general law enforcement duties during official duties, including investigating criminal offenses at correctional facilities and assisting other law enforcement agencies.

• Authorizes the medical director of the Department of Corrections to make health care decisions for inmates lacking decision-making capacity when no health care agent is available, subject to conditions including consistency with health care directives and consultation with next of kin.

• Changes American Indian inmate programming from "counseling" to "cultural programming services" to provide spiritual, cultural, and reentry services at juvenile and adult correctional facilities.

• Removes "to punish the offender" as a stated goal of intensive community supervision programs, retaining only public safety protection, employment facilitation, and restitution requirements.

• Removes obsolete statute section 401.13 regarding county billing for juvenile confinements and clarifies section 242.192 billing procedures.