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House Education Committee hears substitute to HB 1795 to restrict isolation and certain restraints; broad public support, provider cautions on implementation
Summary
Committee counsel briefed members on a proposed substitute to House Bill 1795 that would prohibit mechanical/chemical/life‑threatening restraints and ban planned isolation as a behavior intervention; public testimony was largely pro, while some specialized providers warned about implementation risks without resources or narrow exemptions.
The House Education Committee moved from a work session into a public hearing on a proposed substitute to House Bill 1795 (substitute referenced as H‑2871). Committee counsel Megan Wargack summarized key changes the substitute would make to state practice and law.
Wargack told the committee the substitute prohibits mechanical and chemical restraints and any physical restraint that is life‑threatening or restricts breathing or blood flow. It also prohibits isolation as a planned behavior intervention and modifies the statutory definition of "imminent likelihood of serious harm" so that it applies to the student actor (not property), does not require physical harm and is not triggered merely by threat plus past violence. Planned restraints…
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