Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-355

EHS 355

Department of Youth Services Warrant Power

Mr. Brownsberger moved that the proposed new text be amended inserting, after section ___, the following new section:-

SECTION __. Section 13 of chapter 120 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following the sentence:-

The department may issue a warrant for the arrest of any person committed to its care or custody who has escaped from a facility, left any other type of placement or program without the department’s authorization, or who has been granted conditional liberty, passes, or any other type of community access by the department and broken the conditions thereof.