Committee advances competency-evaluation changes aimed at reducing delays, easing medication transfers
The Judiciary Committee unanimously recommended the first substitute to HB 207, which revises when competency evaluations are ordered, sets criteria for additional evaluations, and makes it easier to transfer medication orders between facilities to prevent gaps in treatment.
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Representative Abbott presented the first substitute to HB 207, describing procedural changes designed to improve the competency-evaluation process for criminal defendants. Abbott said courts would be encouraged to decide at the outset whether to order one or two evaluations rather than ordering a second only after the first is returned, and she described criteria for when additional evaluations are appropriate.
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