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Committee directs DHS to create rules on juvenile restrictive housing, shifting details from statute
Summary
House Bill 921 was amended to instruct the Department of Human Services to issue regulations governing restrictive housing for juvenile detainees rather than spelling the details in statute; advocates supported the regulatory approach and the committee passed the amendment unanimously.
House Bill 921, dealing with confinement and restrictive-housing limitations for juveniles, was amended in committee to move substantive details into administrative regulation.
Delegate Moreno, the bill sponsor, explained that the amendment "basically instructs DHS to create regulations that involve restrictive housing of…
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