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Committee lays over bill to expand missing‑person alerts to include autistic and other vulnerable people
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee laid over a bill to expand Minnesota’s alert system so it can be used to locate vulnerable people who elope, including children with autism and adults with cognitive impairment, after emotional testimony about recent drowning deaths.
Senate File 3007, a measure to expand Minnesota’s public alert system to notify the public when a vulnerable person goes missing, drew emotional testimony and was laid over for possible inclusion in larger bills after the committee removed sections that would have required rulemaking and an advisory board.
The bill would add people with certain cognitive or neurological impairments — including dementia, traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and autism — to the categories eligible for the state’s missing‑person alert protocols.…
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