HB 2078 - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

Requires persons with developmental disabilities who are confined to a correctional facility or jail to be identified early during confinement and monitored to ensure their safety during confinement.

Requires jail or correctional staff to determine the reasonable accommodations required while a person with a developmental disability is in the correctional facility or jail.

Requires the department of social and health services, in consultation with the department of corrections, representatives of local jails, a representative of the developmental disabilities council, and other key stakeholder advocate groups, to develop a proposed transition program to support clients with developmental disabilities moving from jail, upon release, to appropriate support services in their local community.