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Committee advances bill allowing crisis holds for people with neurocognitive disorders
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1120 forward after its sponsor said the measure would let police use a medical-style crisis hold when a person with a neurocognitive disorder poses an imminent danger.
Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that Senate Bill 1120 would allow law enforcement to place a limited crisis hold on people with neurocognitive disorders when their continued liberty poses an imminent danger to themselves or others. "We have somebody with Huntington's, and they are a danger to self and others," Wintrow said, describing a case that prompted the change.
The bill is a modification of legislation the committee considered…
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