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Committee advances crisis-hold bill to allow police temporary custody for some neurocognitive emergencies
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1120 forward after the sponsor proposed narrowing the legal standard from "likely to injure" to "continued liberty poses an imminent danger" to address policing liability concerns.
Boise — The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1120 to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation after a sponsor amendment narrowed the legal standard that allows officers to use a crisis hold for people with neurocognitive disorders.
Senator Melissa Wintrow, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the measure updates a crisis-hold authority the Legislature created last year to cover people with neurocognitive disorders who pose an immediate danger. "A couple years ago, a homeless director called me and said, hey. We have somebody with Huntington's, and they are a danger to self and others," Wintrow said. She said police at that time had only the…
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