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IN HB1320

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/11/2012

Primary Sponsor

Edward DeLaney

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Origin

House of Representatives

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the pool of experts who can evaluate defendants claiming insanity to include psychologists endorsed as health service providers, in addition to psychiatrists
  • Requires that court-appointed psychiatrists, psychologists, or physicians examining insanity defense claims must have expertise in determining insanity
  • Mandates that at least one of the two or three appointed examiners must be either a psychiatrist or psychologist (previously only psychiatrists qualified for this requirement)
  • Corrects statutory language by updating references from "Indiana state board of examiners in psychology" to "state psychology board"
  • Effective date of July 1, 2012

Legislative Description

Insanity defense.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

1/11/2012

Full Bill Text

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