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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMMISSION ON

STANDARDS AND TRAINING

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Lombardi, Regunberg, Amore, Handy, and Tanzi

     Date Introduced: January 07, 2016

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 42-28.2 of the General Laws entitled "Police Officers -

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Commission on Standards and Training" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following

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section:

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     42-28.2-8.3. Educational requirements -- Development disability recognition

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training. -- The commission on standards and training shall prepare and publish mandatory

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training standards to provide instruction for police officers in identifying, responding to,

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handling, investigating and reporting all incidents involving any person with a "developmental

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disability" as defined in ยง40.1-1-8.1. The commission shall include this training in all curricula

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for recruits and in-service trainees, and in all police academies operated or certified by the

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commission.

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     SECTION 2. Section 40.1-1-8.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 40.1-1 entitled

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"Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals" is hereby

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amended to read as follows:

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     40.1-1-8.1. "Developmental disability" defined. -- The term "developmental disability"

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means a severe, chronic disability of a person which:

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      (1) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and

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physical impairments;

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      (2) Is manifested before the person attains age twenty-two (22) at any age;

 

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      (3) Is likely to continue indefinitely;

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      (4) Results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following

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areas of major life activity:

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      (i) Self-care;

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      (ii) Receptive and expressive language;

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      (iii) Learning;

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      (iv) Mobility;

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      (v) Self-direction;

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      (vi) Capacity for independent living; and

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      (vii) Economic self-sufficiency; and

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      (5) Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special,

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interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services which are of life-long or extended

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duration and are individually planned and coordinated.

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     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMMISSION ON

STANDARDS AND TRAINING

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     This act would require mandatory training standards for police officers and trainees, in

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identifying, responding, and handling all incidents involving any person with a developmental

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disability.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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