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Committee tables bill on mental-health evaluations for detained defendants
Summary
Senate Judiciary tabled House Bill 236 after a substitute motion. Senators questioned whether the bill would change current practice for evaluations of detained defendants with mental-health issues and whether it shifted authority between the Department of Public Health and Human Services and Department of Corrections.
The committee took up executive action on House Bill 236, an act concerning evaluations in detention for defendants when mental disease or disorder is at issue and providing rulemaking authority. Senator Manzella and others questioned whether the proposal would change current practice and whether it had been coordinated with the Office of Public Defender, sheriffs or the Department of Corrections. A substitute motion to table the bill was made by Senator Benton. The chair called a voice vote; the motion to table carried and the committee tabled House Bill 236.
Ending: House Bill 236 was tabled in Senate Judiciary; no further action was recorded during the session.
