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House Corrections and Institutions Committee sets priorities: victim notification, detainee access, healthcare and facility visits
Summary
Committee members on April 3 outlined a short-term work plan to invite prosecutors and service providers, greenlight discussions on victim notification and detainee legal access, request a Wellpath briefing on gender-affirming care, explore plastic alternatives and schedule facility site visits including St. Albans and CoreCivic facilities.
The House Corrections and Institutions Committee met Friday, April 3 to finalize planning for upcoming hearings and site visits, the committee chair said at the start of the meeting.
Committee members agreed to invite prosecutors and advocates back to follow up on a victim-notification item. Members named prosecutors Tim Lutters and Kim McManis and said they wanted additional testimony from a victim-witness identified in the transcript as Kelsey Rice to clarify a form- and systems-related question.
The committee also prioritized continuing work on H550, the bill addressing healthcare in correctional facilities, and requested a briefing from the vendor referenced in the transcript as Wellpath (transcript alternates spellings) on…
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