Senate Bill 2252 Summary

• Establishes "Special Care Facility for Paroled Inmates" as a licensed long-term care and skilled nursing facility for medically frail paroled inmates, with 60-100 beds, offering therapy, nursing, wound care, and other services.

• Authorizes the State Parole Board to grant medical parole to inmates determined "medically frail" due to disabling mental disorders, serious medical conditions, or physical disabilities that significantly impair daily living activities.

• Restricts medical parole eligibility to inmates not sentenced to capital punishment or convicted as sex offenders, requiring they pose no public safety risk and that prosecutors receive access to relevant medical records.

• Directs the Division of Medicaid to apply for federal waivers to reimburse services at Special Care Facilities for Paroled Inmates using separately appropriated program funds.

• Authorizes the State Department of Health to issue certificates of need for construction, conversion, and operation of Special Care Facilities for Paroled Inmates under contract with the Department of Corrections.