KRS § 196.286 Measurement and documentation of cost savings from 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, secs. 5 to 22 -- Average cost of incarceration -- Savings to benefit treatment programs -- Budget requests and enactments.

196.286 Measurement and documentation of cost savings from 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, secs. 5 to 22 -- Average cost of incarceration -- Savings to benefit treatment programs -- Budget requests and enactments. (1) The department shall measure and document cost savings resulting from amendments to or creation of statutes in KRS Chapter 218A contained in 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, secs. 5 to 22. Measured and documented savings shall be reinvested or distributed as provided in this section. (2) The Department of Corrections shall establish a baseline for measurement using the average number of inmates incarcerated at each type of penitentiary as defined in KRS 197.010 and at local jails in fiscal year 2010-2011. (3) The department shall determine the average cost of incarceration for each type of penitentiary as defined in KRS 197.010 and for local jails, including health care costs, transportation costs, and other related costs, for one (1) inmate for one (1) year for the immediately preceding fiscal year. (4) Beginning with the budget request for the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium, savings shall be estimated using the baseline established in subsection (2) of this section to determine the estimated average reduction of inmates due to the implementation of amendments to or creation of statutes in KRS Chapter 218A contained in 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, secs. 5 to 22 and multiplied by the appropriate average cost determined in subsection (3) of this section. (5) The estimated amount of savings shall be used solely for expanding and enhancing treatment programs that employ evidence-based or promising practices designed to reduce the likelihood of future criminal behavior, which shall include treatment programs at existing facilities as outlined in KRS 196.287. (6) The amount of savings shall be estimated each year of the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium, and for each year of each fiscal biennium thereafter, as specified in subsection (4) of this section. (7) In submitting its budget request for the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium and each fiscal biennium thereafter, the department shall estimate the amount of savings measured under this section, and shall request the amount necessary to distribute or allocate those savings as provided in subsection (5) of this section. (8) In enacting the budget for the department, beginning in the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium and each fiscal biennium thereafter, the General Assembly shall determine the estimated amount necessary for reinvestment in programs and initiatives as provided by subsection (5) of this section, based upon projected savings as measured by this section, and shall ensure that appropriations to the department are sufficient to meet the funding requirements of this section. Effective: June 8, 2011 History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 23, effective June 8, 2011.