Date: 10/03/2013

Final
Discussion of Proposed Legislation - Bill 1

TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Referred Bill 1 (Attachment E) to the Legislative PASS



10:31 AM -- Discussion of Proposed Legislation - Bill 1

Ms. Walton presented proposed Bill 1 concerning continuing examination of the treatment of persons with mental illness who are involved in the justice systems (Attachment E). She discussed changing the name of the committee to shorten the name, but to still include the phrase "persons with." Dr. Hall discussed continuing the task force and legislative oversight committee. Dr. Hall responded to a question about whether a future repeal date is needed in the bill. Senator Newell said that amendments could be offered conceptually.

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10:36 AM

Jane Ritter, Office of Legislative Legal Services, discussed the ability of the committee to make amendments to the proposed bill. The committee discussed including a travel reimbursement and per diem for task force members and the legislative oversight committee members. The committee discussed whether the appropriation clause should be included in the bill draft at this point.


10:47 AM

The committee discussed the possibility of changing the name of the committee, name of the task force, and bill title. Ms. Ritter asked about changing the name of the cash fund and the issues to be studied by the task force. The committee said that the issues to study should include housing, medication, staff safety and training, data collection, and administrative segregation. Senator Newell discussed the inclusion of suicide prevention and the treatment of co-occurrng disorders. Senator Newell authorized Ms. Ritter to work with Ms. Walton and Dr. Hall on specific language to address the recommended changes to the bill. Ms. Walton responded to questions about whether expanding the task force membership may have negative impacts on the task force's functionality. The committee discussed changing the language on page 3, line 6, to remove "any" and add after "proposals" the phrase "if any."
BILL:Discussion of Proposed Legislation - Bill 1
TIME: 11:01:57 AM
MOVED:Tochtrop
MOTION:Referred Bill 1 (Attachment E) to the Legislative Council with the following changes: match the name of the task force and oversight committee to be "task force on persons with mental illness in the criminal and juvenile justice systems" and "legislative oversight committee on persons with mental illness in the criminal and juvenile justice systems"; add standard travel reimbursement language for both task force and legislative oversight committee members; remove the appropriations clause; change name of the cash fund to match the name of the task force and legislative oversight committee; expand the date of study to the repeal date of the task force; add issues for the task force to study to include housing, medication, staff safety and training, best practices of suicide prevention, data collection, administrative segregation, and treatment of co-occurring disorders; and on page 3, line 6, remove "any" and after "proposals" add "if any." The motion passed on a vote of 5-0, with one member absent.
SECONDED:
VOTE
King
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Tochtrop
Yes
Wright
Yes
Labuda
Absent
Newell
Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 1 FINAL ACTION: PASS



11:05 AM

The committee discussed the sponsorship of the bill. It was determined that the bill would be introduced in the Senate with Senators Tochtrop and King as co-prime sponsors. Representative Wright will be the prime sponsor in the House. Senator Newell and Representative Rosenthal will co-sponsor the bill.