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Subcommittee tables bill to let hospitals assume custody of certain mental-health patients
Summary
The Public Safety Subcommittee voted 4-2 to table a substitute to HB 2230 that would allow hospitals to assume custody of patients admitted under ECO/TDO status in limited cases, transferring custody from law enforcement to hospital security under a permissive MOU framework.
The House Public Safety Subcommittee voted 4-2 to table HB 2230, a bill that would allow hospitals, in specified circumstances, to assume custody of individuals under Emergency Custody Order (ECO) or Temporary Detention Order (TDO) status after an assessment by hospital staff.
Delegate Cherry, the bill’s patron, described the substitute as a narrow change allowing hospitals to take custody when a patient stabilizes and the hospital can…
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