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Committee backs change to crisis-hold language for people with neurocognitive disorders
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 11 20 forward after the sponsor proposed replacing a liability-related phrase with an "imminent danger" standard to make police more comfortable using a crisis hold for people with neurocognitive disorders.
BOISE — The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 11 20 to the Senate with a do-pass recommendation after a sponsor said the bill clarifies when police may use a crisis hold for people with neurocognitive disorders who pose an immediate threat.
Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise, told the committee the bill is a narrow change to a law the Legislature passed earlier to give officers a last-resort option for people with conditions such as Huntington’s disease when they are an…
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