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2000 SESSION
SB 520 Juvenile competency.
Introduced by: J. Randy Forbes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Juvenile competency. Provides for the civil commitment of a person who was charged with a crime when younger than the age of 18 but who reaches the age of 18 during the time that the court finds him unrestorable to competency and in need of inpatient hospitalization. In 1999, the Virginia Commission on Youth recommended legislation to provide juvenile court procedures for determining whether a juvenile is competent to stand trial, for restoration of competency and for dispositions for unrestorably incompetent juveniles. The current law provides that an unrestorably incompetent juvenile may be committed to a facility operated by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services for a period of up to three years, depending upon the charge. This bill provides the statutory authority to commit a juvenile who turns 18 to an adult facility.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Juvenile competency. Provides for the civil commitment of a person who was charged with a crime when younger than the age of 18 but who reaches the age of 18 during the time that the court finds him unrestorable to competency and in need of inpatient hospitalization. In 1999, the Virginia Commission on Youth recommended legislation to provide juvenile court procedures for determining whether a juvenile is competent to stand trial, for restoration of competency and for dispositions for unrestorably incompetent juveniles. The current law provides that an unrestorably incompetent juvenile may be committed to a facility operated by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services for a periods of up to three years, depending upon the charge. This bill provides the statutory authority to commit a juvenile who turns eighteen to an adult facility.