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Senate passes change to crisis hold standard for people with neurocognitive disorders
Summary
The Idaho Senate approved Senate Bill 11-20 to adjust language used by law enforcement when placing a person with a neurocognitive disorder on a crisis hold, replacing “likely to injure” with a standard referencing imminent danger for police actions, while leaving medical-facility language unchanged.
Boise — The Idaho Senate on March 5 passed Senate Bill 11-20, which amends language used for crisis holds involving persons with neurocognitive disorders so law enforcement may detain a person when “the person's continued liberty poses an imminent danger,” while preserving the medical facility standard that a person be “likely to injure self or others.”
The bill sponsor, Senator Wintrow, told the chamber the change is a limited, clarifying adjustment to a law…
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