Competency Amendments

Summary

The bill requires that when a court orders two competency evaluations they be ordered together, and it gives courts the ability to ask the Department of Health and Human Services for additional or updated evaluations when new facts emerge. It also permits defendants to be moved to a clinical or inpatient setting for evaluation, clarifies reporting requirements, and allows involuntary medication orders to travel with a defendant between facilities.

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