Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 28.

Under this bill, there will be a presumption that a prisoner who reaches the release eligibility date for the prisoner's combined state sentences and has an active detainer commitment to serve a term of imprisonment in another jurisdiction, will, unless good cause is shown to deny release, be granted parole in order to begin the term of imprisonment in the other jurisdiction if:<br /> <br /> (1) The term of imprisonment in the other jurisdiction is greater than the period of imprisonment left to serve on the prisoner's combined state sentences; <br /> <br /> (2) The prisoner would be otherwise eligible for parole consideration; and<br /> <br /> (3) The prisoner is a good candidate for parole release upon application of any release decision-making guidelines in use by the board.<br /> <br /> If parole release is granted to a detainer in another jurisdiction, then the entity having custodial authority over the prisoner must file a notification request with the other jurisdiction for the remainder of any Tennessee sentence, prior to parole release.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 15, 2021, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 252, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 requires the board of parole to consider granting parole to a prisoner who has reached the release eligibility date for the prisoner's combined state sentences and has an active detainer commitment to serve a term of imprisonment in a foreign jurisdiction if the circumstances described in (1)-(3) of the Bill Summary exist, instead of creating a presumption that prisoner must be paroled under such circumstances unless good cause is shown to deny release.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 26, 2021, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 252 FOR HOUSE BILL 109, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 252, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 incorporates the changes made by Senate Amendment #1 and changes this bill's effective date from "upon becoming a law" to July 1, 2021.<br />