Raises the minimum jail reimbursement amount

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2669
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE HARBISON.
6365H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 550.320, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to jail
reimbursement.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 550.320, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 550.320, to read as follows:
550.320. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:
2 (1) "Department", the department of corrections of the state of Missouri;
3 (2) "Jail reimbursement", a daily per diem paid by the state for the reimbursement of
4 time spent in custody .
5 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary , whenever any person is
6 sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a correctional center , the department shall reimburse
7 the county or city not within a county for the days the person spent in custody at a per diem
8 cost, subject to appropriation, but not to exceed [ thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ] forty
9 dollars per day per offender . The jail reimbursement shall be subject to review and approval
10 of the department. The state shall pay the costs when:
11 (1) A person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment as authorized by chapter 558;
12 (2) A person is sentenced pursuant to section 559.1 15;
13 (3) A person has his or her probation or parole revoked because the of fender has, or
14 allegedly has, violated any condition of the of fender's probation or parole, and such probation
15 or parole is a consequence of a violation of the law , or the offender is a fugitive from the state
16 or otherwise held at the request of the department regardless of whether or not a warrant has
17 been issued; or
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (4) A person has a period of detention imposed pursuant to section 559.026.
19 3. When the final determination of any criminal prosecution shall be such as to render
20 the state liable for costs under existing laws, it shall be the duty of the of fice of the sherif f or
21 the chief executive of ficer of the city not within a county to certify the total number of days
22 any of fender who was a party in such case remained in the jail and submit the total number of
23 days spent in custody to the department. The of fice of the sheriff or chief executive of ficer of
24 the city not within a county may submit claims to the department, no later than two years
25 from the date the claim became eligible for reimbursement.
26 4. The department shall determine if the expenses are eligible pursuant to the
27 provisions of this chapter and remit any payment to the county or city not within a county
28 when the expenses are determined to be eligible. The department shall establish, by rule, the
29 process for submission of claims. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in
30 section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become
31 ef fective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if
32 applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the
33 powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review , to delay the
34 ef fective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then
35 the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2025,
36 shall be invalid and void.
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