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Bill Title: As introduced, requires a person committed to jail to be kept separately from a person convicted of or charged with a sexual offense, a violent sexual offense, or a violent crime if the person committed to jail has or demonstrates an intellectual or developmental disability; requires jail employees to be trained on recognizing intellectual and developmental disabilities and proper procedures for dealing with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 41.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-26 - Def. to Summer Study in Corrections Subcommittee [HB1961 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2019-HB1961-Draft.pdf

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