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| This is a joint hearing with the House Committee on Corrections. |
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| The committee will hear public testimony on the following interim charges: |
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| Review and research the availability, coordination, efficiency and |
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| allocation of substance abuse treatment resources for probationers, |
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| pretrial defendants, people in the custody of the Texas Department of |
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| Criminal Justice (TDCJ), and parolees. This review should include methods |
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| to reduce and improve current assessments, training, and referring |
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| protocols and the identification of any barriers that may be impeding all |
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| Assess the relationship between mental illness and criminal behavior and |
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| offer reforms needed to address the proliferation of mental illness in the |
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| adult and juvenile criminal justice systems. This review should include |
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| an examination of data sharing between criminal justice and health and |
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| human service agencies, proper screening, assessments, treatment, |
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| discharge planning, post-release supervision and community services. |
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