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Committee approves bill to require jails to accept arrestees after medical evaluation
Summary
House Bill 18-15 (as amended) would require jails to accept arrestees if a medical provider recently released them and authorizes operators to have an arrestee evaluated by a health care provider; the committee approved the measure 7-0 and sent it to full committee.
Chairman Russell presented HB 18-15 as amended to enable the operator of an arrestee to have that individual evaluated by a health care provider if a jail refuses to accept the arrestee, and to require jails to accept an arrestee when a medical provider has recently released the person. The sponsor said the change authorizes medical evaluation and clarifies acceptance duties; an amendment (drafting code 14470) was added.
Committee members voted 7-0 to send the bill to the full committee. The sponsor said the measure seeks to ensure arrestees receive needed medical evaluations and coordinate custodial intake with health-provider assessments.
