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Bill to extend juvenile bill of rights to regional treatment facilities gets hearing
Summary
Assembly Bill 90 would apply Nevada—s juvenile justice bill of rights to children detained in regional treatment and rehabilitation facilities and require juvenile courts to make the same findings before committing youth to those regional facilities as to state detention centers.
Assemblymember Cynthia Moore, sponsor of Assembly Bill 90, told the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee that the bill would extend the state—s juvenile justice bill of rights to children detained in regional treatment and rehabilitation facilities.
"I am pleased to present Assembly Bill 90, which aims to extend the juvenile justice bill of rights protections to children detained in regional treatment and rehabilitation facilities," Assemblymember Cynthia Moore said, identifying herself as the bill sponsor and a representative of Assembly District 11 in East Las Vegas.
The bill, Moore said, was recommended by the joint interim standing committee on the judiciary during the 2023—6 interim after testimony from Jennifer Fraser, chief deputy public defender, juvenile division, Clark County Public Defender's Office. Moore said Section 1 would include regional treatment and rehabilitation facilities in the statutory definition of "detention facility" for purposes of the juvenile justice bill of rights, requiring that the same information and posting requirements apply there as in local and state detention centers.
Section 2 of AB 90 would require the juvenile court, before committing a delinquent child to a regional treatment and rehabilitation facility, to make the same findings now required when committing a child to a state detention facility. Moore said those findings include that (1) appropriate community alternatives do not exist or were previously used unsuccessfully and (2) the child poses a public safety risk based on a risk-assessment tool (identified in testimony as NRS 62E.506), along with consideration of any delinquency history and the seriousness of the offense.
Moore described the bill as "a measured and responsible step toward ensuring the well-being of children within our juvenile justice system" and asked for the committee's support. Jennifer Fraser was available by remote connection to answer technical questions, but committee members did not pose substantive legal questions during the hearing and no members of the public offered in-person or phone testimony in support, opposition or neutral on AB 90.
Chair Scheibel opened and closed the hearing on AB 90 without a committee vote; the transcript records no formal motion or vote on the bill during this meeting. The hearing record shows presenters and no public callers.
If the bill advances, the statutory changes would alter who must receive the juvenile bill of rights materials and the court findings required before placement in regional treatment facilities; the hearing did not include a committee vote or amendment to the bill.
