By:  Armbrister                                        S.B. No. 636
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the analysis and review of mental illness treatment
 1-3     programs for certain juvenile and adult offenders.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  (a)  Not later than May 1, 2002, the Texas
 1-6     Department of Criminal Justice shall conduct a cost-benefit
 1-7     analysis of the potential use of the Texas Medication Algorithm
 1-8     Project, as developed by the Texas Department of Mental Health and
 1-9     Mental Retardation, to treat persons with mental illness in the
1-10     custody of the department.
1-11           (b)  Not later than May 1, 2002, the Texas Youth Commission
1-12     shall review the benefits of the potential use of the Children's
1-13     Medication Algorithm Project, as developed by the Texas Department
1-14     of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, to treat children with
1-15     mental illness in the custody of the commission.
1-16           (c)  The Texas Council on Offenders with Mental Impairments,
1-17     in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Policy Council, shall
1-18     oversee the analysis conducted by the Texas Department of Criminal
1-19     Justice as required by Subsection (a) of this section and the
1-20     review conducted by the Texas Youth Commission as required by
1-21     Subsection (b) of this section and, not later than December 1,
1-22     2002, report to the legislature on the results of the analysis and
1-23     the review.
1-24           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-25     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-1     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-2     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-3     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.