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Committee hears expansion of extraordinary medical placement, including longer prognosis window
Summary
House Bill 2490 would expand extraordinary medical placement (EMP) eligibility—raising the expected-death threshold from six months to approximately 18 months and requiring safeguards such as two-physician assessments and risk considerations—advocates argued it would reduce costly in-prison care and litigation while DOC cautioned about placement planning and legal standards.
The House Community Safety Committee heard Jan. 27 on House Bill 2490, which would revise criteria for extraordinary medical placement (EMP) so incarcerated people with severe, chronic, or degenerative conditions can be placed in community or non-total-confinement settings when appropriate.
Committee counsel Lena Langer summarized current EMP criteria used by the Department of Corrections (DOC): two physicians must assess the person, the individual must be low risk to public safety and granting EMP must be expected to save state costs. Empirically, staff said DOC considered 74…
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