People leaving correctional facilities receive their remaining account money

The Department of Correction disburses the remaining Inmate Trust Fund balance to a person when they leave a correctional facility. This applies to anyone released from a correctional facility who has money remaining in an Inmate Trust Fund account. The department may pay by cash, check, or prepaid device. If it uses a prepaid device, it must also offer cash or check, and neither the department nor the issuer may charge the person a fee. If the department cannot pay at release because it did not receive at least two weeks' notice of the release date, it must request a mailing address and mail the payment within two weeks after release. This provision takes effect July 1, 2026. Payment is due at release, or by mail within two weeks afterward if the department lacked at least two weeks' advance notice.

The responsible local or regional school board provides education to children detained in a juvenile residential center and pays the tuition charged for those services. This applies to children receiving general or special education and related services in a juvenile residential center operated by, or under contract with, the Judicial Department. If the child's regular school district cannot be identified, the board for the district where the center is located is responsible. The State Board of Education pays costs above that board's prior-year average per-pupil cost. A child enrolled in a district when placed stays enrolled there during detention, unless the child chooses to leave, and may return there after release. This provision takes effect January 1, 2027. The duty to provide education begins when the child is placed in the center; financial responsibility begins when the child receives services.

Peer support team members generally may not share confidential communications from first responders who take part in an employer's peer support program. The rule covers confidential talks and related records from employer-run peer support programs for first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical workers, dispatchers, and correctional employees. A first responder may waive confidentiality. Disclosure is also allowed when another law requires it, when a team member in good faith believes nondisclosure presents a clear and present danger to anyone, or when the team member witnessed or took part in the incident that led to support. Information may be shared with someone else when reasonably needed to carry out the purposes of the support program. This provision takes effect July 1, 2026.