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F I S C A L    I M P A C T    R E P O R T

 

 

SPONSOR

Aragon

DATE TYPED

2-8-04

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE

Inmate Family and Reintegration Programs

SB

433

 

 

ANALYST

Reynolds-Forte

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY04

FY05

FY04

FY05

 

 

 

$30.0

 

 

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

 

Responses Received From

Corrections Department

Public Defender

 

SUMMARY

 

Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 433 appropriates $30 thousand from the general fund to the Corrections Department for expenditure in FY05 to fund programs to provide support groups and coping skills for families of inmates and to provide reintegration skills and support for inmates.  Unexpended balances revert at the end of FY05.

 

Significant Issues

 

The Corrections Department points out that they have recently implemented a family services coordinator position to provide some of the services that are to be funded by this appropriation.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

Senate Bill 433 appropriates $30 thousand to the Corrections Department in FY05 to fund programs to provide support groups and coping skills to families of inmates, as well as reintegration skills and support for inmates.  The Corrections Department believes they could use some or all of the funds to contract for such services; or use some or all of the funds to support the Department’s new Family Services Coordinator.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

 

The Corrections Department believes that Senate Bill 433 would result in a minimal increase in the administrative burden on the family services coordinator and perhaps procurement staff.  This burden could be absorbed.

 

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