Eligibility for compassionate parole

Notwithstanding any contrary provision in chapter 24-13 , 24-15 , or 24-15A , an inmate who: (1) Has a terminal illness; (2) Is seriously ill and not likely to recover; (3) Requires extensive medical care or significant chronic medical care; (4) Is at least sixty-five years of age, has served at least ten consecutive years of the inmate's sentence incarcerated, whose current sentences are for convictions of a Class 3 felony or below and whose medical care needs are at least double the average annual medical cost of the inmate population; or (5) Is at least seventy years of age and has served at least thirty consecutive years of the inmate's sentence incarcerated; and (6) Is not serving a capital punishment sentence; Source: SL 2018, ch 154, § 1.