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2014 SESSION

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SB 370 Emergency custody & temporary detention; extends time person may be held pursuant to custody order.

Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Emergency custody and temporary detention. Extends the time that a person may be held pursuant to an emergency custody order to 12 hours. Currently, a person may be held for up to four hours, with an additional two-hour extension available upon a finding by a magistrate that good cause exists for an extension. The bill also provides that an individual for whom a temporary detention order is issued shall be detained in a state facility unless the state facility or an employee or designee of the community services board is able to identify an alternative facility that is able and willing to provide temporary detention.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/14  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101585D  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/14  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101585D
• 01/07/14  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/14/14  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Mental Health
• 01/30/14  Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB260-Deeds) (14-Y 0-N)