Bill > H7193

This bill mandates that the commission on standards and training, which oversees police officer education, must create and publish training standards for police officers and trainees on how to identify, respond to, handle, investigate, and report incidents involving individuals with a "developmental disability." This training will be incorporated into all police recruit and in-service training programs, as well as police academies certified by the commission. Additionally, the bill amends the definition of "developmental disability" to broaden its scope, removing the previous requirement that the impairment must have manifested before age twenty-two and instead stating it can be manifested at any age, while still requiring it to be a severe, chronic disability attributable to mental or physical impairments that results in substantial functional limitations and necessitates lifelong or extended care. This legislation will become effective immediately upon its passage.

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