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Committee approves substitute creating task force on criminal insanity and competency, 8-5
Summary
The committee voted 8-5 to report out a proposed substitute for House Bill 13-59, establishing a task force to review laws on criminal insanity and competency to stand trial and to recommend recodification of forensic mental health statutes. The substitute adds three members and recodifies two RCW sections.
The Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 on Feb. 19 to report out a proposed substitute for House Bill 13-59, creating a task force to review the state’s laws on criminal insanity and competency to stand trial and to recommend targeted recodification of forensic mental health statutes.
The proposed substitute, offered by Representative Tai, adds three members to the task force: one member designated by plaintiffs’ counsel in the Trueblood litigation, one member representing a behavioral health administrative services organization, and one labor representative…
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