Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Filed: 3/23/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2510




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2510 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5For-Profit Community Corrections Prohibition
Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose.  The purpose of this Act is to provide 
7effective community-based
supervision and rehabilitative 
8services to persons under the supervision of the Parole 
9Division of
the Department of Corrections or the Aftercare 
10Division of the Department of
Juvenile Justice.

 
11    Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
12    "Community correctional supervision" includes surveillance 
13of parolees and persons released on mandatory supervised 
14release in the community and
rehabilitative re-entry services 
15for persons under the supervision of the Parole Division of the

 
 
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1Department of Corrections or the Aftercare Division of the 
2Department of
Juvenile Justice, including residential, 
3employment, educational, substance and alcohol abuse,
and 
4mental health programming.
5    "For-profit prison company" means a for-profit corporation 
6or business entity not organized or
operating as a 
7not-for-profit entity that owns, manages, or operates 
8correctional facilities or
community correctional supervision 
9services.
  
 
10    Section 15. Certain contracts prohibited. On or after the 
11effective date of this Act, the State shall not
contract with a 
12for-profit prison company for community correctional 
13supervision of persons in
the custody of the Department of 
14Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
Justice. Nothing in 
15this Act shall be construed to allow privatization prohibited 
16by the Private Correctional Facility Moratorium Act. Nothing in 
17this Act shall be construed to prohibit the renewal of a 
18contract with  a for-profit prison company for community 
19correctional supervision of persons in
the custody of the 
20Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
Justice 
21that was in effect immediately preceding the effective date of 
22this Act.".