By Armbrister S.B. No. 636
77R3452 JMC-D
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
2-1 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-2 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-3 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-4 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.