2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 196 - CORRECTIONS
196.288 Measurement and documentation of cost savings resulting from 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2 -- Reinvestment or distribution of savings -- Determination of average cost of incarceration and probation and parole services -- Budget allocations.

Download as PDF 196.288 Measurement and documentation of cost savings resulting from 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2 -- Reinvestment or distribution of savings -- Determination of average cost of incarceration and probation and parole services -Budget allocations. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) The department shall measure and document cost savings resulting from amendments to or creation of statutes in KRS Chapters 27A, 196, 197, 431, 439, 532, 533, and 534 contained in 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2. Measured and documented savings shall be reinvested or distributed as provided in this section. The department shall establish a baseline for measurement using the average number of inmates incarcerated at each type of penitentiary as defined in KRS 197.010 and at local jails in fiscal year 2010-2011. The department shall determine the average cost of: (a) Incarceration for each type of penitentiary as defined in KRS 197.010 and for local jails, including health care costs, transportation costs, and other related costs, for one (1) inmate for one (1) year for the immediately preceding fiscal year; and (b) Providing probation and parole services for one (1) parolee for one (1) year for the immediately preceding fiscal year. Beginning with the budget request for the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium, savings shall be estimated from the baseline established in subsection (2) of this section as follows: (a) The estimated average reduction of inmates due to mandatory reentry supervision as required by KRS 439.3406 multiplied by the appropriate average cost as determined in subsection (3)(a) of this section; (b) The estimated average reduction of inmates due to accelerated parole hearings as required by KRS 439.340 multiplied by the appropriate average cost as determined in subsection (3)(a) of this section; (c) The estimated average increase of parolees due to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection multiplied by the average cost as determined in subsection (3)(b) of this section; and (d) The estimated average reduction of parolees due to parole credit for good behavior as provided in KRS 439.345 multiplied by the average cost as determined in subsection (3)(b) of this section. The following amounts shall be allocated or distributed from the estimated amount of savings that would otherwise remain in the general fund: (a) Twenty-five percent (25%) shall be distributed to the local corrections assistance fund established by KRS 441.207; and (b) In enacting the budget for the department and the judicial branch, beginning in the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium and each fiscal biennium thereafter, the General Assembly shall: 1. Determine the estimated amount necessary for reinvestment in: a. Expanded treatment programs and expanded probation and parole services provided by or through the department; and b. Additional pretrial services and drug court case specialists (6) (7) provided by or through the Administrative Office of the Courts; and 2. Shall allocate and appropriate sufficient amounts to fully fund these reinvestment programs. The amount of savings shall be estimated each year of the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium, and for each year of each fiscal biennium thereafter, as specified in subsection (4) of this section. (a) In submitting its budget request for the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium and each fiscal biennium thereafter, the department shall estimate the amount of savings measured under this section and shall request the amount necessary to distribute or allocate those savings as provided in subsection (5) of this section. (b) In submitting its budget request for the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium and each fiscal biennium thereafter, the judicial branch shall request the amount necessary to distribute or allocate those savings as provided in subsection (5) of this section. Effective:June 8, 2011 History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 68, effective June 8, 2011.