SB 716

            
2020 SESSION

20104287D

SENATE BILL NO. 716


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to direct the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland 
 Security and the Office of the Executive Secretary to create and implement 
 policies for people with developmental disabilities.
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Patron-- McClellan

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Referred to Committee on Rules

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. � 1. The Secretary 
 of Public Safety and Homeland Security shall, for all agencies for which he is 
 responsible, create and implement policies that recognize and make 
 accommodations for people encountering the 
 criminal justice system with developmental 
 disabilities, as defined in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill 
 of Rights Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-402), including intellectual disabilities and 
 autism spectrum disorder.
 
 
� 2. The 
 Office of the Executive Secretary shall, for use by judges in determining case 
 outcomes, 
 create and implement policies that recognize and make accommodations for people 
 with developmental disabilities, as defined in the Developmental Disabilities 
 Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-402), including 
 intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder.