MS HB1152

Requires jail officers serving as youth detention officers to complete 120 hours of additional training during their first year of employment, plus 40 hours annually thereafter.

Mandates the Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training develop and provide youth detention officer training programs to fulfill the additional training requirements.

Allows training in general institutional care areas (report writing, key security, fire procedures) to be credited toward certification as an adult jail officer if the youth detention officer pursues it.

Requires counties receive the same reimbursement rate for youth detention officer training as they do for jail officer training for adult supervision.

Effective date of July 1, 2014, with existing youth detention officers required to complete 120 hours of training by July 1, 2015.