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Senators advance bill allowing inmates confirmatory lab testing after field test drug positives
Summary
LB519 would allow incarcerated people to request independent confirmatory lab testing of suspected contraband drugs after DOC field tests; committee amendment requires inmates to pay if the confirmatory test remains positive. The bill advanced unanimously from committee and was placed on consent.
The Legislature advanced LB519 on the consent calendar after committee work and a unanimous committee vote. Sponsor Senator Juarez said the bill responds to an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report finding field drug tests used by the Department of Corrections were producing false positives with…
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