Senate
Study
Bill
3024
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTIONS
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
reimbursements
for
certain
state
prisoners
1
confined
in
a
county
jail.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
904.513,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Upon
request
by
the
director,
a
county
shall
provide
3
temporary
confinement
for
offenders
allegedly
violating
the
4
conditions
of
assignment
to
a
program
under
this
chapter
,
5
if
space
is
available
in
the
county.
The
department
shall
6
negotiate
a
reimbursement
rate
with
each
county.
The
amount
7
to
be
reimbursed
shall
be
determined
by
multiplying
the
number
8
of
days
a
person
is
confined
by
the
average
daily
cost
of
9
confining
a
person
in
the
county
facility
as
negotiated
with
10
the
department.
A
county
holding
offenders
in
jail
due
to
11
insufficient
space
in
a
community
residential
facility
shall
12
be
reimbursed.
Payment
shall
be
made
upon
submission
of
a
13
voucher
executed
by
the
sheriff
and
approved
by
the
director.
14
A
voucher
seeking
payment
shall
be
submitted
within
fifteen
15
thirty-five
days
of
the
end
of
a
calendar
quarter.
If
a
16
voucher
seeking
payment
is
not
made
within
fifteen
thirty-five
17
days
of
the
end
of
the
calendar
quarter,
the
request
may
be
18
denied
by
the
department.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
904.908,
subsection
3,
Code
2011,
is
amended
20
to
read
as
follows:
21
3.
Any
request
for
reimbursement
under
subsection
2
shall
be
22
made
within
fifteen
thirty-five
days
of
the
end
of
a
calendar
23
quarter.
If
a
request
for
reimbursement
is
not
made
within
24
fifteen
thirty-five
days
of
the
end
of
the
calendar
quarter,
25
the
request
may
be
denied
by
the
department.
26
Sec.
3.
Section
906.17,
subsection
3,
Code
2011,
is
amended
27
to
read
as
follows:
28
3.
Any
request
for
reimbursement
under
subsection
2
shall
be
29
made
within
fifteen
thirty-five
days
of
the
end
of
a
calendar
30
quarter.
If
a
request
for
reimbursement
is
not
made
within
31
fifteen
thirty-five
days
of
the
end
of
the
calendar
quarter,
32
the
request
may
be
denied
by
the
department
of
corrections.
33
EXPLANATION
34
This
bill
relates
to
reimbursements
for
state
prisoners
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confined
in
a
county
jail.
1
The
bill
lengthens
the
time
period
a
county
may
request
2
reimbursement
from
the
department
of
corrections
for
confining
3
a
person
sentenced
to
the
custody
of
the
department
of
4
corrections
who
is
temporarily
confined
in
a
county
jail
due
to
5
alleged
violations
of
an
assignment
at
a
treatment
facility
or
6
violations
of
work
release
or
parole.
The
time
period
a
county
7
may
request
reimbursement
from
the
department
of
corrections
8
is
extended
by
the
bill
from
within
15
days
of
the
end
of
the
9
calendar
quarter
to
within
35
days
of
the
end
of
the
calendar
10
quarter.
Under
the
bill
and
in
current
law,
if
a
request
is
not
11
timely
made
by
a
county,
the
department
of
corrections
may
deny
12
the
request
for
reimbursement.
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