Effective – 28 Aug 2022 217.940. Nursery program to be established, purpose — definitions. — 1. This act* establishes the “Correctional Center Nursery Program”. The department of corrections shall, subject to appropriations, establish a correctional center nursery in one or more of the correctional centers for women operated by the department, no later than July […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2022 217.941. Eligibility, placement, and program capacity. — 1. An inmate is eligible to participate in the correctional center nursery program if: (1) She delivers the child while in the custody of the department; (2) She is expected to give birth or gives birth on or after the date the program […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2022 217.942. Written agreement, contents — program policy required. — 1. To participate in the correctional center nursery program, each eligible inmate selected by the department shall agree in writing to: (1) Comply with all department policies, procedures and other requirements related to the corrections nursery program and rules that apply […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2022 217.943. Termination of participation, when. — An inmate’s participation in the correctional center nursery program may be terminated by the department if one of the following occurs: (1) The inmate fails to comply with the agreement entered into under section 217.942; (2) The inmate violates an institutional rule that results […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2022 217.944. Child support payments, collected and deposited — monetary donations to program permitted. — 1. The division of child support enforcement shall collect support payments made pursuant to the assignment and forward them to the department for deposit into the inmate’s inmate banking account. 2. The department may accept monetary […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2022 217.945. Correctional center nursery program fund created, use of moneys. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the “Correctional Center Nursery Program Fund”, which shall consist of money collected under this section and section 217.944 as well as any appropriations made by the general assembly. The department […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2022 217.946. Regulation and oversight by other agencies subject to department consent. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, neither the correctional center nursery program nor the department, with respect to the program, is subject to any regulation, licensing or oversight by the department of health and senior […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2022 217.947. Sovereign immunity in effect — program not a waiver, not considered a dangerous condition. — The operation of a correctional center nursery program established under sections 217.940 to 217.947 and the presence of children of inmates participating in the correctional center nursery program shall not be considered a dangerous […]