Examination for intellectual disability; commitment hearing; transfer to facility for persons with intellectual disability; termination of sentence.

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(2) If the adult in custody or adjudicated youth is by clear and convincing evidence determined by the court to be a person with an intellectual disability and is in need of commitment for residential care, treatment and training, the person shall be committed to the Department of Human Services and transferred to a facility designated by the department as soon as space in an appropriate facility is available, and any sentence to a Department of Corrections institution or commitment to the youth correction facility shall be terminated. [1977 c.601 §5; 1979 c.683 §35; 1987 c.320 §129; 1999 c.110 §5; 2001 c.900 §41; 2007 c.70 §44; 2011 c.658 §33; 2013 c.36 §51; 2019 c.213 §49; 2021 c.489 §20]


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