Committee advances Youthful Offender System bill to codify trauma‑informed care and accommodations
Sponsors said HB1064 would modernize the Youthful Offender System by requiring individualized assessments, trauma‑informed and evidence‑based treatment, accommodations for disabilities and behavioral‑health needs, and enhanced reporting; the committee adopted an amendment and sent the bill to the Committee of the Whole, 9–4.
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Representatives Jackson and Biden told the committee House Bill 10‑64 codifies updates to the Youthful Offender System (YOS) that sponsors said DOC already implements: individualized assessments and treatment plans, trauma‑informed care, protections so youth are not punished for symptoms of untreated behavioral‑health conditions, stronger staffing standards and outcome reporting.
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