Kentucky Statutes 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
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(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.
(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.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 196.286
- Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
- Biennium: means the two (2) year period commencing on July 1 in each even- numbered year and ending on June 30 in the ensuing even-numbered year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Kentucky Statutes 196.010
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010 - Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(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.