General Bill
Behavioral Health Services for Defendants with Mental Illness:
Exempting certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; creating the Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Intervention Unit Pilot Program by a specified date in certain counties for a specified purpose and number of years, subject to the receipt of grant funds and the availability of current funding and existing services; requiring the sheriff’s offices in such counties to establish behavioral health intervention units; creating the Misdemeanor Mental Health Diversion Pilot Program by a specified date in certain counties for a specified purpose and number of years, subject to the receipt of grant funds and the availability of current resources and existing services; requiring the speedy trial period to be immediately tolled when a defendant is involuntarily committed; requiring the state attorney to consider dismissal of charges upon a defendant’s successful completion of mental health treatment, etc.
Effective Date:
07/01/2021
Last Event:
04/30/21 S Died in Criminal Justice on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM
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Criminal Justice
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
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Appropriations
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Bill #:
HB 119
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Subject:
Behavioral Health Services for Defendants with Mental Illness
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Relationship:
Similar
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S Died in Criminal Justice
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04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM
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Criminal Justice
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S Introduced -SJ 122
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03/02/2021 - 11:09 AM
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S Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 122
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Time:
02/18/2021 - 1:20 PM
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Criminal Justice
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S Filed
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Time:
02/10/2021 - 8:32 AM
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