House advances package of prison reforms including dyslexia screening, health RFP changes and reporting provisions
Lawmakers passed a suite of bills addressing inmate health and prison oversight — including dyslexia screening of incoming inmates, hepatitis C and HIV planning, and a shift to Department of Finance & Administration oversight of inmate-health RFPs — with sponsors stressing the measures carry no immediate state funding obligations.
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A package of measures aimed at improving inmate health and corrections oversight cleared the House after sponsors said the bills would cost no state general-fund dollars and would instead set reporting and procurement standards. Among the changes was an instruction to screen incoming inmates for dyslexia to help determine educational and rehabilitation needs, a requirement that the Department of Health and corrections craft plans for hepatitis C, HIV and women's health services, and a change in procurement to put the DFA in charge of competitive bidding for inmate health contracts.
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