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Senate committee hears DOC briefing on supervision fees and impact of H635 debt forgiveness
Summary
Deputy Commissioner Kristen Calver told a Senate committee that Vermont’s supervision-fee program has a $3.5 million backlog, collects $15 per month now under authority to charge up to $30, and that proposed House bill H635 would wipe out outstanding debt but create a budget gap for DOC.
Deputy Commissioner Kristen Calver of the Department of Corrections briefed a Senate committee on March 27, 2026, on the state’s supervision-fee program and the budgetary consequences of House bill H635, which would forgive outstanding supervision fees.
Calver told senators that statute (cited as 28A chapter 3 in the presentation) authorizes the department to charge up to $30 per month but that the department currently assesses $15 per month and operates under DOC policy number 426. She said the department made 40,084 individual assessments in fiscal 2025 with a presented assessed value of $601,260 and an average assessed individual balance of about $345.
The deputy commissioner described three payment channels: an online payment portal that accepts debit and credit cards and eChecks, mailed money orders to a TD Bank–administered lock box, and a state tax‑offset program for debts 90 days…
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