HB 2865-S - DIGEST |
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/12/10) |
Expands the authorization of mental health courts to include reducing recidivism of nonviolent offenders with intellectual or developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries. |
Requires jail staff to notify the department of corrections or another jail of the offender's intellectual or developmental disability or traumatic brain injury, if the offender is transferred to a department of corrections facility or another jail. |
Requires the department of social and health services to adopt rules that reinstate medical assistance on the day of release of a qualifying offender with an intellectual or developmental disability or traumatic brain injury. |