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Health officials ask senators to allow transfers to less‑restrictive settings after verdicts of not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility
Summary
Department of Health and Human Services supported Senate Bill 2077 to permit treatment‑facility superintendents to transfer or assign individuals committed for post‑verdict examinations to less restrictive settings in some cases; lawmakers raised questions about court oversight and victim protections.
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2077, which would amend procedures for criminal responsibility proceedings after a verdict or finding of not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.
Dr. Dan Kramer, clinical director at a human service center for the Department of Health and Human Services, testified in support of the bill and described it as a narrowly targeted change to section 12.1‑04.1‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code. Kramer said the proposal would allow the superintendent or director of the treatment facility to transfer an individual committed for up to a 90‑day…
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