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House amends and passes bill to hold legal guardians responsible for detention costs after 24-hour retrieval window
Summary
House Bill 247, intended to reduce juvenile detention overcrowding by assigning cost responsibility to legal guardians or legal custodians who fail to retrieve a child within 24 hours of notification, was amended to limit liability to 'legal' guardians/custodians and passed the House.
The Utah House on Feb. 19 amended and passed House Bill 247, a bill intended to reduce overcrowding in juvenile detention centers by making parents, legal guardians or legal custodians responsible for the cost of care if they fail to retrieve a child within 24 hours of notification. Representative Larson, sponsor of the bill, told the chamber the measure aims to speed family reunification and reduce the opportunity for first-time offenders to mix with chronic offenders.
Larson said the change would not create revenue but could save detention centers…
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