SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to reimbursements for certain state prisoners confined in a county jail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 904.513, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Upon request by the director, a county shall provide temporary confinement for offenders allegedly violating the conditions of assignment to a program under this chapter, if space is available in the county. The department shall negotiate a reimbursement rate with each county. The amount to be reimbursed shall be determined by multiplying the number of days a person is confined by the average daily cost of confining a person in the county facility as negotiated with the department. A county holding offenders in jail due to insufficient space in a community residential facility shall be reimbursed. Payment shall be made upon submission of a voucher executed by the sheriff and approved by the director. A voucher seeking payment shall be submitted within fifteen
 
thirty-five days of the end of a calendar quarter. If a voucher seeking payment is not made within fifteen
 
thirty-five days of the end of the calendar quarter, the request may be denied by the department.
    Sec. 2.  Section 904.908, subsection 3, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Any request for reimbursement under subsection 2 shall be made within fifteen
 
thirty-five days of the end of a calendar quarter. If a request for reimbursement is not made within fifteen
 
thirty-five days of the end of the calendar quarter, the request may be denied by the department.
    Sec. 3.  Section 906.17, subsection 3, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Any request for reimbursement under subsection 2 shall be made within fifteen
 
thirty-five days of the end of a calendar quarter. If a request for reimbursement is not made within fifteen
 
thirty-five days of the end of the calendar quarter, the request may be denied by the department of corrections.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to reimbursements for state prisoners confined in a county jail.
   The bill lengthens the time period a county may request reimbursement from the department of corrections for confining a person sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections who is temporarily confined in a county jail due to alleged violations of an assignment at a treatment facility or violations of work release or parole. The time period a county may request reimbursement from the department of corrections is extended by the bill from within 15 days of the end of the calendar quarter to within 35 days of the end of the calendar quarter. Under the bill and in current law, if a request is not timely made by a county, the department of corrections may deny the request for reimbursement.