A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated the "Criminal Justice Pay for Success Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies appropriated to the Criminal Justice Pay for Success Revolving Fund and monies which may otherwise be available to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for use as provided for in this section.
B. All monies appropriated to the fund shall be budgeted and expended by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the purpose of funding contracts for those criminal justice programs that have outcomes associated with reducing public sector costs. Pursuant to contract, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide payment to social service providers for the delivery of predefined criminal justice outcomes. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall approve only those contracts that meet the following requirements:
1. The social service provider can provide not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in capital to fund the delivery of services necessary to achieve the predefined criminal justice outcomes;
2. The social service provider can provide verifiable evidence of successful completion rates of persons who participated in the diversion or reentry program offered by the service provider; and
3. Persons participating in the diversion or reentry programs offered by the service provider are not under the custody or control of the Department of Corrections.
C. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon verification by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services that successful completion of the diversion or reentry program was achieved by the participant pursuant to contract. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 198, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.