Revises provisions relating to records of defendants who have been found incompetent. (BDR 14-293)

From the Legislature

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; authorizing the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to request from a local detention facility access to any records in its possession which contain information that may assist in evaluating and treating a defendant who is committed to the custody of or ordered to report to the Administrator based upon a finding of incompetence; requiring a local detention facility to provide access to any such records for the limited purpose of allowing the Administrator to evaluate and treat the defendant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.