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.

(1) The department shall measure and document cost savings resulting from

amendments to or creation of statutes in KRS Chapter 218A c ontained 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 jai ls, 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 estimat ed 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 design ed 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 appr opriations to the

department are sufficient to meet the funding requirements of this section.