HB 26-1423

House Bill 26-1423 requires the Colorado Department of Public Safety to submit a detailed budget request for community corrections programs each year. This includes information on program needs and specific data like bed capacities and reimbursement rates. The bill aims to provide transparency and better planning for community corrections funding. Since it has been signed, this bill is now law and the department must follow its requirements starting in the next fiscal year.

Official Summary

Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires the department of public safety (department) to submit a budget request for community corrections and to include in its budget request information regarding projected community corrections program needs, including certain data points and analysis related to residential and nonresidential bed capacity, the per diem reimbursement rate for each bed type, and other guideposts related to community corrections appropriations.     The department must include information on the budget request in its yearly 'SMART Act' hearing.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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