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Senators advance H.219 to create corrections parenting program; no new appropriation in bill
Summary
The committee voted to report H.219 favorably to establish a Department of Corrections parenting-support program; the bill contains a directive to report on implementation and places initial expansion costs on the Department’s existing budget rather than a new appropriation.
Senators on the committee voted to report H.219 favorably after hearing a presentation that the bill would establish a Department of Corrections parenting-support program and require the department to report back on progress.
The measure, introduced to the committee from the Institutions Committee, “establish[es] department corrections and support program,” and includes a Section 2 directive asking the Department of Corrections to include the costs of sustaining the expansion in future budget proposals to the governor, the sponsor said. “Section 2 requires the commissioner to have it be part of the … recommendation to the governor,” the sponsor told the committee.
Legislative fiscal staff told senators the bill…
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