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AL HB452
Bill
Status
3/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Dexter Grimsley
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AI Summary
HB 452 Summary
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Amends Section 36-21-51, Code of Alabama 1975, to require municipal police chiefs to complete 2 hours of annual training on dealing with mentally ill patients as part of their existing 20-hour executive level continuing education requirement.
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Requires all other law enforcement officers to complete 1 hour of annual training on dealing with mentally ill patients as part of their existing 12-hour continuing education requirement.
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Training courses must be approved by the commission; county sheriff's department officers only required to complete training if their county commission adopts a resolution requiring it.
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Officers who fail or refuse to comply are subject to certification revocation by the commission; officers may request extensions for sufficient cause and have appeal rights.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Law enforcement officers, continuing education, chief of police and law enforcement officers required to complete continuing education courses that consist of a certain number of hours of instruction on dealing with mentally ill patients, Sec. 36-21-51 am'd
Law Enforcement Officers
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
3/22/2016