Mental health courts; Crime Commission to study costs and benefits of establishing courts. (HJ154)

Introduced By

Del. Manoli Loupassi (R-Richmond)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Study; costs and benefits of establishing mental health courts; report.  Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the costs and benefits associated with establishing mental health courts designed to divert nonviolent offenders with mental illnesses from local jails and state prisons and place them into judicially monitored treatment programs. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/14/2010Committee
01/14/2010Presented and ordered printed 10103854D
01/14/2010Referred to Committee on Rules
01/19/2010Assigned Rules sub: #3 Studies
01/21/2010Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/16/2010Left in Rules

Comments

Jack Ford writes:

This will put people who commit crimes at the head of the line for extremely scarce resources in the mental health system while people who have never committed a crime sit on increasingly long waiting list. This makes no sense.

Jack Ford writes:

laid on the table, i.e. failed. Good.