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MS SB2026
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires driver's licenses and identification cards to display "PDD" designation for applicants with pervasive developmental disorders, upon presentation of a letter from a licensed Mississippi physician or psychologist.
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Mandates the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training to establish regulations requiring at least 6 hours of mental health and behavioral training in initial law enforcement certification programs and at least 1 hour in continuing education.
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Requires law enforcement training to teach officers to recognize behavioral characteristics of autism, Asperger's syndrome, and other mental or medical conditions that may present as atypical developmental symptoms.
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Effective date of July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Disabilities; authorize designation of certain on driver's licenses or I.D. cards.
Last Action
Died In Committee
1/31/2017