SECOND REGULAR SESSION

[P E R F E C T E D]

SENATE BILL NO. 618

90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ROHRBACH.

Pre-filed December 1, 1999, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.



Read 2nd time January 17, 2000, and referred to the Committee on Elections, Veterans' Affairs and Corrections.



Reported from the Committee February 3, 2000, with recommendation that the bill do pass with Senate Committee Amendment No. 1.



Taken up for Perfection February 22, 2000. Bill declared Perfected and Ordered Printed, as amended.



TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

2927S.01P


AN ACT

To repeal section 217.015, RSMo Supp. 1999, relating to the department of corrections, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject.


Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

Section A.  Section 217.015, RSMo Supp. 1999, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 217.015 and 217.287, to read as follows:

217.015.  1.  The department shall supervise and manage all correctional centers, and probation and parole of the state of Missouri.

2.  The department shall be composed of the following divisions:

(1)  The division of human services;

(2)  The division of adult institutions;

(3)  The board of probation and parole; and

(4)  The division of offender rehabilitative services.

3.  Each division may be subdivided by the director into such sections, bureaus, or offices as is necessary to carry out the duties assigned by law.

4.  The department shall operate a women offender program to be supervised by a director of women's programs.  The purpose of the women offender program shall be to ensure that female offenders are provided a continuum of supervision strategies and program services reflecting best practices for female probationers, prisoners and parolees in areas including but not limited to classification, diagnostic processes, facilities, medical and mental health care, child custody and visitation.

5.  There shall be an advisory committee under the direction of the director of women's programs.  The members of the committee shall include the director of the office of women's health, the director of the department of mental health or designee and four others appointed by the director of the department of corrections.  The committee shall address the needs of women in the criminal justice system as they are affected by the changes in their community, family concerns, the judicial system and the organization and available resources of the department of corrections.

217.287.  1.  Contracts for collect call telephone services for correctional institutions of the department of corrections shall be awarded to the lowest and the best bidder over the life of the contract, based on call costs to called parties.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the contract may require that the contractor pay the state an amount not to exceed the state's cost for wiring and equipment necessary to provide the service in a safe and secure manner, as well as the salaries of personnel necessary to monitor inmate telephone calls.

2.  The division of purchasing of the office of administration may renegotiate but may not extend the term of any existing contracts for collect call telephone service for correctional institutions of the department of corrections to reduce call costs to called parties.


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