§ 15:1087 — Non-state providers; contracts; performance-based contracts

§1087. Non-state providers; contracts; performance-based contracts
A. For the purposes of this Section, "contract" shall mean any legally binding
agreement that requires the provision of services to youth or their families in exchange for
the direct or indirect payment, exchange, or granting of funds.
B. In fulfilling the purpose of Subsection A of this Section:
(1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, contracts with non-state providers
for services to juvenile offenders assigned to the office of juvenile justice, or their families,
shall not exceed a term of five years without renewal and renegotiation. Nothing in this
Section shall prohibit the department from terminating or amending such contracts prior to
their expiration as otherwise provided by law.
(2) Any contract entered into by the office of juvenile justice for the purpose of
providing services to youth or their families shall be a performance-based contract that
includes financial disincentives or consequences based on the results achieved by the
contractor as measured by output, quality, or outcome measures.
C. The office of juvenile justice shall annually publish a report, on or before October
fifteenth of each year and beginning on October 15, 2017, describing each contract entered
into for the purposes of providing services to youth or their families, and fully listing and
analyzing inputs, outputs, outcomes, and results achieved under that contract during the
preceding fiscal year.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, No. 326, §1; Acts 2016, No. 499, §1.