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SB 1063 Veterans and military servicemembers; specialty treatment procedures.

Introduced by: John C. Miller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Servicemembers and veterans courts. Provides for the program established by the Department of Veterans Services to monitor and coordinate mental health and rehabilitative services support for Virginia veterans to cooperate with localities that may establish special treatment procedures for veterans and active military servicemembers in the criminal justice system.  The bill further provides that to facilitate local involvement and flexibility in responding to the problem of crime in local communities and to effectively treat, counsel, rehabilitate, and supervise veterans and active military servicemembers who are offenders or defendants in the criminal justice system that any city, county, or combination thereof may develop, establish, and maintain policies, procedures, and treatment services for all such offenders who are convicted and sentenced for misdemeanors or felonies that are not felony acts of violence.  This bill is identical to HB 1691.


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