Bill > S08448

This bill amends the correction law to increase the reimbursement rate paid by the state to local jurisdictions for housing felony inmates who are awaiting transfer to state custody. Currently, localities are reimbursed at a rate of $100 per day per capita, but the bill raises this to $300 per day per capita for the first 10 days and $600 per day per capita for each subsequent day. Additionally, the bill allows localities to be reimbursed at the actual per day per capita cost if that amount is higher. The reimbursement applies when a convicted felon has not been accepted into state custody within 10 business days after the local jurisdiction notifies the state they are ready to transfer the inmate, and the inmate does not require immediate medical care. The bill also updates some language, replacing terms like "prisoners" with "incarcerated individuals" and "he or she" with "such person" to make the law more gender-neutral. The change is designed to compensate local jurisdictions more fairly for the costs of housing state-sentenced inmates during the transfer process.

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8448