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Committee adopts medical-parole clarifications, holds broader geriatric-parole proposal for more review
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee adopted an amendment adding detailed medical-parole procedures to House Bill 1123 but paused final action on the bill's second component — a geriatric/elder-parole pathway and resource changes — pending further review and a planned hold until the next day.
The committee adopted amendments that incorporate a previously separate medical-parole proposal into House Bill 1123, clarifying eligibility, medical evaluation procedures and the role of the Parole Commission, and then set the larger bill aside for additional review.
The adopted amendment pulls language from House Bill 190 into HB 1123. The amendment specifies that an incarcerated individual may be released on medical parole at any time during a sentence if a licensed medical professional makes specified determinations about the individual's health, requires in-person medical evaluations when requested, and grants the incarcerated person or a representative the right to request a meeting with the Parole Commission. The amendment also defines…
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