CD CORR-COMMITTED PERSON MAIL

From the Legislature

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, except (1) in the definition of "mail communication", deletes "or other commercial shipping services"; (2) provides that the Department of Corrections or any third-party vendor that the Department contracts with, shall not impose any fee, surcharge, or cost to the committed person above the applicable commercial shipping service rate when a commercial shipping service is utilized for correspondence, including the delivery or scanning of mail; (3) provides that notwithstanding the provisions of the Code concerning the costs of goods purchased by committed persons at correctional facility commissaries, postage stamps and essential mailing supplies, including envelopes, shall not be subject to the commissary markup authorized under that provision and shall be made available at no more than the Department's actual acquisition cost, rounded to the nearest cent; (4) provides that the Department of Corrections' annual report to the General Assembly shall include the rates the agency is paying or charging committed persons or community members for any and all services in the contracts; and Department spending on a third-party vendor or vendors for voice communication services, mail communication, mail scanning services, or any other communication services; and (5) makes technical changes to the bill. Effective immediately.