SB 190 Summary

• Eliminates fees for home detention and drug testing programs for juveniles, restricting such fees to adults over 21 years old under criminal court jurisdiction.

• Removes parental liability for costs associated with juvenile delinquency cases, including support, maintenance, legal services, and probation supervision costs for minors adjudged as wards of the court.

• Eliminates the $20 per month cap on county-paid support and maintenance for juvenile wards, allowing courts to order full county payment without a maximum limit.

• Removes the requirement that persons ordered to pay restitution for damaged electronic monitors must request an ability-to-pay evaluation; evaluation is now automatic.

• Clarifies that parental liability provisions continue to apply only to dependent children cases, not delinquency cases, except for minors designated as "dual status children" under dependency jurisdiction only.