HB 1296 - DIGEST

     Provides that, when the respondent is found to be a persistent offender, the court shall commit the offender to the department for confinement until his or her twenty-first birthday unless the court recommends that the department commit the offender to the juvenile offender basic training camp program.

     Provides that if the persistent offender fails to successfully complete the basic training camp program, complete a substance abuse treatment program if the department of social and health services determines that such a program is necessary, and complete a course to obtain a general equivalency degree, then the offender must be committed to the department for confinement until his or her twenty-first birthday.