HB 2865 - DIGEST |
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB) |
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: (1) Prosecutors and public defenders of an offender's intellectual or developmental disability or traumatic brain injury, if known; and |
(2) 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 reinstate medical assistance on the day of release of a qualifying offender with an intellectual or developmental disability or traumatic brain injury. |