Committee hears concerns on H.2 over probation-enforcement, custody for 18‑year‑olds
Witnesses and jurists told the Judiciary Committee on Feb. 12 that draft 2.1 of H.2 needs clearer timelines, enforcement mechanisms for probation violations and statutory authority for DCF to take custody of 18‑year‑olds, and that data and transition planning are lacking.
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Tucker Jones, an attorney with the Department of Public Safety, told the Judiciary Committee on Feb. 12 that the latest draft of H.2 raises several technical and substantive implementation questions, most notably the effective dates for provisions and how the bill would enforce probation violations without restarting cases in criminal court.
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