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Committee advances SB 190 to Committee of the Whole with amendments to clarify special needs parole medical review and release procedures
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Senate Bill 190 to the Committee of the Whole (5–2), adopting two amendments that sponsors said will clarify who may perform medical eligibility determinations and create a study of placement barriers for people approved for special needs parole.
Senate Bill 190, sponsored by Senator Ball and co-sponsors, was presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee as a two-part measure intended to reduce inappropriate overnight releases from jails and to fix problems in the special needs parole (SNP) statute. After witness testimony and committee amendments (L001 and L002), the committee moved SB 190 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation on a 5–2 recorded vote.
Sponsor Senator Ball told the committee the bill focuses on two problems: allowing jails to retain people overnight so they can be connected to services when appropriate, and fixing procedural and medical-definition problems that have limited the use of the special needs parole pathway created in 2021. Ball said the…
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