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2011 SESSION
SB 820 Mental health courts; any district court or circuit court may establish.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Mental health courts. Provides that any district court or circuit court may establish a mental health court, which is a separate court docket within the existing calendar of a district or circuit court offering judicial monitoring of the treatment and supervision of certain individuals with mental illness who are under the jurisdiction of the criminal court. The court is required to (i) identify eligible individuals; (ii) obtain services from a willing local community services board or behavioral health authority serving the territorial jurisdiction of the court and which can provide, or contract for, appropriate treatment and services for the offender or, from a program offered to any eligible veteran by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; (iii) maintain court-established treatment and compliance terms of participation; and (iv) monitor adherence to court requirements.
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HISTORY
- 01/06/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11101281D
- 01/06/11 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/11/11 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/02/11 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 2-N)
- 02/04/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/11 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/11 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/09/11 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/11 House: Read first time
- 02/09/11 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/11 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 02/18/11 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
- 02/22/11 House: Left in Courts of Justice