Senate orders third reading of bill setting process for commitments to secure forensic facility
Mar 22, 2024
S192 establishes criteria and court procedures for committing a small number of people with serious charges and severe mental illness or intellectual disability to a secure forensic facility for treatment and competency restoration, emphasizes due process safeguards and victim notice provisions, and was ordered for third reading after committee amendments.
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Senators heard the second reading of S192, a complex bill that creates statutory procedures for placing certain people charged with serious crimes into a secure forensic facility for treatment, competency restoration and continued review.
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