1-1     By:  Armbrister                                        S.B. No. 636
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2001; February 12, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     March 12, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 12, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the analysis and review of mental illness treatment
 1-9     programs for certain juvenile and adult offenders.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  (a)  Not later than May 1, 2002, the Texas
1-12     Department of Criminal Justice shall conduct a cost-benefit
1-13     analysis of the potential use of the Texas Medication Algorithm
1-14     Project, as developed by the Texas Department of Mental Health and
1-15     Mental Retardation, to treat persons with mental illness in the
1-16     custody of the department.
1-17           (b)  Not later than May 1, 2002, the Texas Youth Commission
1-18     shall review the benefits of the potential use of the Children's
1-19     Medication Algorithm Project, as developed by the Texas Department
1-20     of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, to treat children with
1-21     mental illness in the custody of the commission.
1-22           (c)  The Texas Council on Offenders with Mental Impairments,
1-23     in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Policy Council, shall
1-24     oversee the analysis conducted by the Texas Department of Criminal
1-25     Justice as required by Subsection (a) of this section and the
1-26     review conducted by the Texas Youth Commission as required by
1-27     Subsection (b) of this section and, not later than December 1,
1-28     2002, report to the legislature on the results of the analysis and
1-29     the review.
1-30           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-31     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-32     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-33     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-34     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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