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Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Government Operations for review--State & Local Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0379. Correction, Dept. of - Requires the department of correction to establish a plan in which state inmates are charged a co-pay amount for medical services provided by the state. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0131 / SB0379Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0131 / SB0379 Present law requires the department of correction to provide adequate medical care at all prison facilities. This bill requires the department of correction to establish and implement a plan to charge state-housed inmates a co-pay for any medical care, treatment, pharmacy services, or substance abuse treatment that is provided to the inmate by a licensed provider. The department may not deny such care to an inmate who cannot pay the co-pay amount [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 472 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1067. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes TRICOR to enter into an interagency agreement with the department of children's services to provide work training opportunities for juvenile offenders. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 22, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for HB1195 / *SB1067Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $150,000 Increase State Revenues - Exceeds $150,000 Bill Summary for HB1195 / *SB1067 ON MAY 10, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1067, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires that juvenile offenders be kept separate and removed from adult offenders during the work training opportunities authorized by this bill.
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate S&L Governor Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0131. Correction, Dept. of - Requires the department of correction to establish a plan in which state inmates are charged a co-pay amount for medical services provided by the state. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for SB0379 / *HB0131Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB0379 / *HB0131 Present law requires the department of correction to provide adequate medical care at all prison facilities. This bill requires the department of correction to establish and implement a plan to charge state-housed inmates a co-pay for any medical care, treatment, pharmacy services, or substance abuse treatment that is provided to the inmate by a licensed provider. The department may not deny such care to an inmate who cannot pay the co-pay amount [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Public Chapter 472 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1195. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes TRICOR to enter into an interagency agreement with the department of children's services to provide work training opportunities for juvenile offenders. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 22, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *SB1067 / HB1195Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $150,000 Increase State Revenues - Exceeds $150,000 Bill Summary for *SB1067 / HB1195 ON MAY 10, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1067, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires that juvenile offenders be kept separate and removed from adult offenders during the work training opportunities authorized by this bill.
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Public Chapter 350 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0896. State Inmates - Permits inmates who received a specified degree prior to July 1, 2006, to receive the same 60 days of educational good time credit authorized for those inmates receiving degrees after such date. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB0850 / *SB0896Decrease State Expenditures - $392,000 Bill Summary for HB0850 / *SB0896 Present law authorizes an educational good time credit of 60 days to any qualifying prisoner who successfully receives a GED or a high school diploma, a two-year or four-year college degree, or a two-year or four-year certification in applied sciences, or who receives a vocational education diploma. The authorization for the educational good time credit for receiving a degree took effect on July 1, 2006. This bill would make the educational good time credit [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee State Government of S&LG Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2093. State Inmates - Requires first or second term inmates without high school diplomas or GEDs to attend GED examination preparation classes. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for *HB1488 / SB2093 Increase State Expenditures - $2,067,200 Recurring $4,620,000 One-Time Bill Summary for *HB1488 / SB2093 Present law generally requires inmates who are sentenced to the penitentiary to be kept at work or school for six hours per day. This bill requires any person who has no prior felony convictions, or one prior felony conviction, who is sentenced to the penitentiary for three or more years AND who does not have a high school diploma or GED to attend GED preparation classes until the earlier of the following: successful completion of the GED exam; certification that GED classes will not benefit [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 350 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0850. State Inmates - Permits inmates who received a specified degree prior to July 1, 2006, to receive the same 60 days of educational good time credit authorized for those inmates receiving degrees after such date. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *SB0896 / HB0850Decrease State Expenditures - $392,000 Bill Summary for *SB0896 / HB0850 Present law authorizes an educational good time credit of 60 days to any qualifying prisoner who successfully receives a GED or a high school diploma, a two-year or four-year college degree, or a two-year or four-year certification in applied sciences, or who receives a vocational education diploma. The authorization for the educational good time credit for receiving a degree took effect on July 1, 2006. This bill would make the educational good time credit [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1488. State Inmates - Requires first or second term inmates without high school diplomas or GEDs to attend GED examination preparation classes. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for SB2093 / *HB1488 Increase State Expenditures - $2,067,200 Recurring $4,620,000 One-Time Bill Summary for SB2093 / *HB1488 Present law generally requires inmates who are sentenced to the penitentiary to be kept at work or school for six hours per day. This bill requires any person who has no prior felony convictions, or one prior felony conviction, who is sentenced to the penitentiary for three or more years AND who does not have a high school diploma or GED to attend GED preparation classes until the earlier of the following: successful completion of the GED exam; certification that GED classes will not benefit [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: State & Local Government Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3206. Correctional Programs - Mandates the department of correction to develop and implement a society plan for every incarcerated prisoner for reentry into society. - Amends TCA Title 41. Fiscal Summary for *HB2959 / SB3206Increase State Expenditures - $137,800 Bill Summary for *HB2959 / SB3206 This bill requires the department of correction to develop a multi-agency plan to prepare and enhance the successful reentry of nonviolent offenders into the community. This bill requires the plan to have the concurrence of the presiding judge, chief probation officer, the district attorney, the local custodial agency, and the public defender and to be submitted to the board of supervisors for approval. This bill also requires the plan to provide that when a report is prepared recommending a state prison commitment, the report must [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate S&L Govt. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2959. Correctional Programs - Mandates the department of correction to develop and implement a society plan for every incarcerated prisoner for reentry into society. - Amends TCA Title 41. Fiscal Summary for SB3206 / *HB2959Increase State Expenditures - $137,800 Bill Summary for SB3206 / *HB2959 This bill requires the department of correction to develop a multi-agency plan to prepare and enhance the successful reentry of nonviolent offenders into the community. This bill requires the plan to have the concurrence of the presiding judge, chief probation officer, the district attorney, the local custodial agency, and the public defender and to be submitted to the board of supervisors for approval. This bill also requires the plan to provide that when a report is prepared recommending a state prison commitment, the report must [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/19/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 881 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4159. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes the commissioner to enter into agreements with local governmental entities for the transfer of appropriate TDOC inmates to confinement in a local facility to participate in local pre-release programs. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB4115 / SB4159State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4115 / SB4159 This bill authorizes the commissioner of correction to enter into an agreement with local governmental entities for the transfer of appropriate department of correction inmates to confinement in a local facility to participate in local pre-release programs. To be eligible for a transfer under this bill, an inmate's sentence must be anticipated [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/19/2008 - Public Chapter 881 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4115. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes the commissioner to enter into agreements with local governmental entities for the transfer of appropriate TDOC inmates to confinement in a local facility to participate in local pre-release programs. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB4159 / *HB4115State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4159 / *HB4115 This bill authorizes the commissioner of correction to enter into an agreement with local governmental entities for the transfer of appropriate department of correction inmates to confinement in a local facility to participate in local pre-release programs. To be eligible for a transfer under this bill, an inmate's sentence must be anticipated [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/20/2008 - Held on desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3528. State Inmates - Requires all inmates to be tested for HIV before release from any department of correction institution. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for *HB3211 / SB3528Increase State Expenditures - $224,000 Bill Summary for *HB3211 / SB3528 Present law requires the warden of the Tennessee state penitentiary, upon reception of each inmate, to have the inmate undergo HIV testing with or without the inmate's consent. The results of the HIV test are not public record. Any inmate who was tested for HIV upon his or her initial arrest after being charged with a sexual offense is not required to be retested upon entry into the penitentiary. This bill adds to present law by requiring each inmate in the state penitentiary to undergo an HIV test prior to the inmate's release. The results of the tests [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/19/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3211. State Inmates - Requires all inmates to be tested for HIV before release from any department of correction institution. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for SB3528 / *HB3211Increase State Expenditures - $224,000 Bill Summary for SB3528 / *HB3211 Present law requires the warden of the Tennessee state penitentiary, upon reception of each inmate, to have the inmate undergo HIV testing with or without the inmate's consent. The results of the HIV test are not public record. Any inmate who was tested for HIV upon his or her initial arrest after being charged with a sexual offense is not required to be retested upon entry into the penitentiary. This bill adds to present law by requiring each inmate in the state penitentiary to undergo an HIV test prior to the inmate's release. The results of the tests [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: State & Local Government Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3206. Correctional Programs - Mandates the department of correction to develop and implement a society plan for every incarcerated prisoner for reentry into society. - Amends TCA Title 41. Fiscal Summary for *HB2959 / SB3206Increase State Expenditures - $137,800 Bill Summary for *HB2959 / SB3206 This bill requires the department of correction to develop a multi-agency plan to prepare and enhance the successful reentry of nonviolent offenders into the community. This bill requires the plan to have the concurrence of the presiding judge, chief probation officer, the district attorney, the local custodial agency, and the public defender and to be submitted to the board of supervisors for approval. This bill also requires the plan to provide that when a report is prepared recommending a state prison commitment, the report must [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate S&L Govt. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2959. Correctional Programs - Mandates the department of correction to develop and implement a society plan for every incarcerated prisoner for reentry into society. - Amends TCA Title 41. Fiscal Summary for SB3206 / *HB2959Increase State Expenditures - $137,800 Bill Summary for SB3206 / *HB2959 This bill requires the department of correction to develop a multi-agency plan to prepare and enhance the successful reentry of nonviolent offenders into the community. This bill requires the plan to have the concurrence of the presiding judge, chief probation officer, the district attorney, the local custodial agency, and the public defender and to be submitted to the board of supervisors for approval. This bill also requires the plan to provide that when a report is prepared recommending a state prison commitment, the report must [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1488. State Inmates - Requires first or second term inmates without high school diplomas or GEDs to attend GED examination preparation classes. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for SB2093 / *HB1488 Increase State Expenditures - $2,067,200 Recurring $4,620,000 One-Time Bill Summary for SB2093 / *HB1488 Present law generally requires inmates who are sentenced to the penitentiary to be kept at work or school for six hours per day. This bill requires any person who has no prior felony convictions, or one prior felony conviction, who is sentenced to the penitentiary for three or more years AND who does not have a high school diploma or GED to attend GED preparation classes until the earlier of the following: successful completion of the GED exam; certification that GED classes will not benefit [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee State Government of S&LG Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2093. State Inmates - Requires first or second term inmates without high school diplomas or GEDs to attend GED examination preparation classes. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for *HB1488 / SB2093 Increase State Expenditures - $2,067,200 Recurring $4,620,000 One-Time Bill Summary for *HB1488 / SB2093 Present law generally requires inmates who are sentenced to the penitentiary to be kept at work or school for six hours per day. This bill requires any person who has no prior felony convictions, or one prior felony conviction, who is sentenced to the penitentiary for three or more years AND who does not have a high school diploma or GED to attend GED preparation classes until the earlier of the following: successful completion of the GED exam; certification that GED classes will not benefit [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 472 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1067. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes TRICOR to enter into an interagency agreement with the department of children's services to provide work training opportunities for juvenile offenders. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 22, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for HB1195 / *SB1067Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $150,000 Increase State Revenues - Exceeds $150,000 Bill Summary for HB1195 / *SB1067 ON MAY 10, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1067, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires that juvenile offenders be kept separate and removed from adult offenders during the work training opportunities authorized by this bill.
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Public Chapter 472 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1195. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes TRICOR to enter into an interagency agreement with the department of children's services to provide work training opportunities for juvenile offenders. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 22, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *SB1067 / HB1195Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $150,000 Increase State Revenues - Exceeds $150,000 Bill Summary for *SB1067 / HB1195 ON MAY 10, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1067, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires that juvenile offenders be kept separate and removed from adult offenders during the work training opportunities authorized by this bill.
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