Bill Text: TX HB562 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a committee formed to adopt a plan to deal with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Referred to Public Health [HB562 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB562-Introduced.html
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By: White | H.B. No. 562 |
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relating to a committee formed to adopt a plan to deal with mental | ||
illness in the criminal justice system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 580 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 580. LOCAL COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH | ||
Sec. 580.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Committee" means a local committee on mental | ||
health formed by a local mental health authority. | ||
(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health | ||
Services. | ||
(3) "Region" means the local service area for which a | ||
local mental health authority designated under Section 533.035 is | ||
responsible. | ||
Sec. 580.002. LOCAL COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH. (a) Each | ||
local mental health authority shall form a local committee on | ||
mental health encompassing the authority's region. | ||
(b) The committee shall develop and adopt a plan and submit | ||
the plan to the department not later than January 1, 2019. | ||
Sec. 580.003. COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE. The local mental | ||
health authority shall appoint the following members to the | ||
committee, if present in the region: | ||
(1) a county judge or a county commissioner to serve as | ||
committee chair; | ||
(2) a representative from each sheriff's department; | ||
(3) a representative from each district attorney's | ||
office; | ||
(4) a representative from the Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services' child protection division; | ||
(5) a representative from the Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services' adult protection division; | ||
(6) a representative from each adult probation office; | ||
(7) a representative from the local mental health | ||
authority; | ||
(8) a criminal trial judge; | ||
(9) an arraignment magistrate; | ||
(10) a representative from a faith-based or nonprofit | ||
organization; | ||
(11) a county veteran coordinator; | ||
(12) a representative from a private hospital; and | ||
(13) a representative from a public hospital. | ||
Sec. 580.004. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN. (a) The committee shall | ||
develop and adopt a plan identifying: | ||
(1) the population of county jail inmates with mental | ||
illness; | ||
(2) a measurable goal for reducing the population of | ||
county jail inmates with mental illness within two years; | ||
(3) a method for improving indigent defense for | ||
persons with a mental illness who have been accused of a crime; | ||
(4) a method for addressing mental illness among | ||
veterans; | ||
(5) a method for quickly identifying and diverting | ||
persons with mental illness from the criminal justice system; and | ||
(6) a method for providing community supervision to | ||
reduce recidivism among criminogenic superutilizers of mental | ||
health resources. | ||
(b) The committee must unanimously agree on the adopted | ||
plan. | ||
Sec. 580.005. DISSOLUTION OF COMMITTEE. The committee | ||
shall dissolve after the committee submits its plan to the | ||
department. | ||
Sec. 580.006. CONDITION TO RECEIVE CONTINUED STATE FUNDING | ||
FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. The department may not distribute to a local | ||
mental health authority state funds for mental or behavioral health | ||
services for the fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2019, | ||
unless the authority's committee has submitted to the department | ||
its plan on or before January 1, 2019. | ||
Sec. 580.007. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires August 31, | ||
2021. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |