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Committee considers bill to register and regulate private youth transport companies after troubling testimonies
Summary
Senate Bill 566 would require registration, notification and minimum safety standards for private companies that transport minors to treatment or placement programs; testimonies included accounts of youth handcuffed and shackled during long interstate transports.
Senator Laura Smith brought Senate Bill 566 to the committee after receiving testimony and written accounts about private companies that transport minors to treatment or placement programs, sometimes in the middle of the night. The bill would require private transport companies to register with the Department of Public Health and Human Services, maintain minimum operational standards and provide electronic notification to the department when transporting a child into or through Montana.
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