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Timestamp: 2019-06-24 15:34:03
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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact § 19.2-169.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of unrestorably incompetent defendants; capital murder. [S 1231] Approved
F. In any case when an incompetent defendant is charged with capital murder and has been determined to be unrestorably incompetent, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the charge shall not be dismissed and the court having jurisdiction over the capital murder case may order that the defendant receive continued treatment under subsection A of § 19.2-169.2 for additional six-month periods without limitation in a secure facility determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services where the defendant shall remain until further order of the court, provided that (i) a hearing pursuant to subsection E of § 19.2-169.1 is held at the completion of each such period yearly intervals for five years and at biennial intervals thereafter, or at any time that the director of the treating facility or his designee submits a competency report to the court in accordance with subsection D of § 19.2-169.1 that the defendant's competency has been restored, (ii) the defendant remains incompetent, (iii) the court finds continued treatment to be medically appropriate, and (iv) the defendant presents a danger to himself or others. No unrestorably incompetent defendant charged with capital murder shall be released except pursuant to a court order.
SENATE BILL NO. 1231 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice on February 18, 2019) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Ebbin) A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-169.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of unrestorably incompetent defendants; capital murder.
SENATE BILL NO. 1231 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 4, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-169.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of unrestorably incompetent defendants; capital murder.
F. In any case when an incompetent defendant is charged with capital murder and has been determined to be unrestorably incompetent, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the charge shall not be dismissed, and the court having jurisdiction over the capital murder case may order that the defendant receive continued medically appropriate treatment under subsection A of § 19.2-169.2 for additional six-month periods without limitation in a secure facility determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services where the defendant shall remain until further order of the court, provided that (i) a hearing pursuant to subsection E of § 19.2-169.1 is held at the completion of each such period upon request of the defendant or defendant's counsel at no more than yearly intervals for five years and at no more than biennial intervals thereafter, or at any time that the director of the treating facility or his designee submits a competency report to the court in accordance with subsection D of § 19.2-169.1 that the defendant's competency has been restored, (ii) the defendant remains incompetent, (iii) the court finds continued treatment to be medically appropriate, and (iv) (iii) the defendant presents a danger to himself or others. No unrestorably incompetent defendant charged with capital murder shall be released except pursuant to a court order.
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