SB 0414

AN ACT reorganizing the divisions of the department of corrections.

SPONSORS: Sen. F. King, Dist 1

This bill reorganizes and renames certain divisions of the department of corrections.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Department of Corrections; Reorganization of Divisions. RSA 21-H:4 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

21-H:4 Internal Organizational Units. The department shall include the following internal organizational units performing the following major functions:

I. The division of administrative services, under the supervision of a director of administrative services, who shall, in accordance with applicable laws:

(5) Assistance to the commissioner with short and long range department level planning activities.

(b) Exercise, subject to the supervision of the commissioner, superior authority over the directors of the other divisions of the department relative to areas of responsibility specified in this paragraph.

(c) Be responsible for the operation of the special school district, established under RSA 194:60, which shall provide appropriate education services to eligible offenders held in facilities operated by the department of corrections.

II. The division of community services, under the supervision of a director of community services, who shall, in accordance with applicable laws, be responsible for:

(a) Supervising adults on probation, parole, administrative home confinement, bail supervision, and electronic monitoring.

III. The division of medical and psychiatric services, under the joint supervision of a medical director and a non-medical director, who shall respectively have the duties and responsibilities provided in RSA 622:43, and who shall act in an advisory and coordinative capacity in assisting other agencies and activities in the provision of mental health and psychiatric services to persons involved in the criminal justice system.

IV. The division of institutional operations, under the supervision of the director of institutional operations, who shall, in accordance with applicable laws, be responsible for:

(d) Supervision of all inmate programs such as training, industries, and education.

V. The division of human resources, under the supervision of a director of human resources, who shall, in accordance with applicable laws, be responsible for:

2 Unclassified Salaries of Directors of Divisions of Department of Corrections. Amend 94:1-a, I as follows:

I. By inserting in group M: director of human resources, department of corrections.

II. By inserting in group N: director of community services, department of corrections.

IV. By inserting in group P: director of administrative services, department of corrections.

V. By deleting in group P: director of administration, department of corrections.

VI. By inserting in group Q: director of institutional operations, department of corrections.

3 Change From Division of Field Services" to "Division of Community Services." Amend the following RSA provisions by replacing "division of field services" with "division of community services": 6:12, I(ooo); the introductory paragraph of 100-A:1, VII(f); 504-A:13, III; 597:2, V(c); and 651:63, V.

4 Transition. On the effective date of this act, the incumbent director of administration in the department of corrections shall become the director of administrative services and the incumbent director of field services in the department of corrections shall become the director of community services.

The Department of Corrections has determined this bill will increase state general fund expenditures by $169,002 in FY 2001, by $177,665 in FY 2002, by $181,257 in FY 2003 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or on state, county and local revenues.

The Department of Corrections has assumed a 31% benefit rate and that the Director of Institutional Operations will be paid at the maximum step of Group Q, so as to establish the salary at the minimum amount higher than the highest paid person this position would supervise, that is the warden at Group P, maximum. The Department further assumed that the Director of Human Resources will be paid at step 3 of Group M, as to establish the salary at the minimum amount higher than the highest person this position would supervise, that is the Human Resources Administrator at labor grade 28, maximum.

Director Human Resources:

Salary $ 52,397 $ 56,712 $ 59,454 $ 59,454

Director Institutional Operations:

Salary 76,612 78,910 78,910 78,910

Benefits 23,750 24,462 24,462 24,462

Total $169,002 $177,665 $181,257 $181,257