| TO: | Honorable Ray Allen, Chair, House Committee on Corrections |
| FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2190 by Stick (Relating to contracts between the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and commissioners courts or private vendors for certain facilities.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the chapter of the Government Code related to contracts with private vendors and commissioners courts. The bill would remove the current provision dealing with the maximum average daily population of 1,000 inmates held in facilities operated by private vendors or a county. The bill would also remove the requirement for regular on-site monitoring by the institutional division, and would prevent inclusion in a contract with a vendor a minimal acceptable standard of performance that exceeds the standard of performance achieved by the department in facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Commission on Jail Standards have determined that the cost of implementing the provisions of this bill would not be significant.
| Source Agencies: | 409 Commission on Jail Standards, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
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| LBB Staff: | JK, WK, VDS, GG
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