Notification requirements to state agencies concerning potential inmate debts

(1) Beginning on January 1, 2027, a county jail is required to notify the Office of State Debt Collection, the State Tax Commission, and the Office of Recovery Services: (a) within five business days after the day on which a prisoner has been incarcerated in the county jail for 90 consecutive days; and (b) if a prisoner has been incarcerated in the county jail for more than 90 consecutive days, within five business days after the day on which a prisoner is released from the county jail. (2) The notification described in Subsection (1) shall include: (a) the relevant dates of the prisoner's incarceration and identifying information concerning the prisoner's identity; and (b) whether the prisoner's incarceration is based on: (i) criminal non-payment of a child support order; or (ii) an offense against the prisoner's child or custodial parent of the prisoner's child. (3) The requirement described in Subsection (1)(a) does not apply if a court, another county jail, the Department of Corrections, or another entity already has notified the Office of State Debt Collection, the State Tax Commission, and the Office of Recovery Services as described in Subsection (1) about the inmate's incarceration. (4) The requirement described in Subsection (1)(b) does not apply if an inmate is transferred to a different county jail or another incarcerated setting for the purpose of continued incarceration.