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| The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice will meet to hear invited and |
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| public testimony on the following interim charges: |
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| Study the efficiency and fairness of the current sexual offender registry |
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| system and make recommendations to improve the system, if necessary. Study |
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| the issue of compliance with the Adam Walsh Act, focusing on the |
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| associated costs to the state and the punishment of juveniles. Examine the |
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| risk assessment tools used to measure the likelihood of recidivism of |
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| Assess how the Commission on Jail Standards, the Department of Public |
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| Safety, the Department of Criminal Justice, and Department of State Health |
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| Services are working together to identify defendants with mental health |
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| issues, notify magistrates when defendants have been identified and, where |
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| appropriate, provide crisis stabilization services to defendants. Monitor |
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| legislation passed by the 81st Legislature for mental illness and make |
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| recommendations for any needed improvements to improve mental health |
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| services and reduce recidivism. |
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| *If submitting written testimony or distributing handouts, please provide |
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| 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to the committee when called to |
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