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House approves HB 4 61 to boost jail programming payments; sponsors cite recidivism reduction
Utah House of Representatives · March 8, 2017
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Summary
Lawmakers lifted House Bill 4 61 from rules and passed an amendment raising the per-bed programming payment for county contract jails, freeing $427,000 previously allocated in the budget to support treatment programs for roughly 1,800 contract beds.
The Utah House approved House Bill 4 61 to amend how the state pays counties for contract jail beds and to direct $427,000 toward programming for inmates in county contract jails.
Representative Noelle, speaking to the bill on the floor, said the measure allows state funds to cover evidence-based…
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