Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2894

BY: Representative Flaggs

     AMEND on lines 28 through 29 by deleting the words "Office of the Attorney General" and inserting in lieu thereof the following "Department of Public Safety"

     AMEND further on line 31 by inserting the following language after the word "facilities":  ", including, but not limited to, the state training schools,"

     AMEND further on line 402 by inserting the word "community" after the word "or"

     AMEND further on line 517 by inserting before the semicolon the following language:

".  A disposition order rendered under this subparagraph shall meet the following requirements:

                   1.  The disposition is the least restrictive alternative appropriate to the best interest of the child and the community;

                   2.  The disposition allows the child to be in reasonable proximity to the family home community of each child given the dispositional alternatives available and the best interest of the child and the state; and

                   3.  The disposition order provides that the court has considered the medical, educational, vocational, social and psychological guidance, training, social education, counseling, substance abuse treatment and other rehabilitative services required by that child as determined by the court"

     AMEND further on line 556 by inserting after the word "days" the following:  ", and any detention exceeding forty-five (45) days shall be administratively reviewed by the youth court no later than forty-five (45) days after the entry of the order"

     AMEND further on line 558 by inserting the following language after the period: 

"No first-time nonviolent youth offender shall be committed to a detention center for a period of ninety (90) days until all other options provided for in this section have been considered and the court makes a specific finding of fact that commitment to a detention center is appropriate.  However, if a child is committed to a detention center ninety (90) consecutive days, the disposition order shall meet the following requirements: 

                   1.  The disposition order is the least restrictive alternative appropriate to the best interest of the child and the community;

                   2.  The disposition order allows the child to be in reasonable proximity to the family home community of each child given the dispositional alternatives available and the best interest of the child and the state; and

                   3.  The disposition order provides that the court has considered the medical, educational, vocational, social and psychological guidance, training, social education, counseling, substance abuse treatment and other rehabilitative services required by that child as determined by the court."

     AMEND further after line 558 by inserting the following language: 

     "(l)  Referral to A-team provided system of care services."