Mississippi House Bill 615 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish A Mental Health Court Program As A Pilot Program In Hinds County; To Specify The Criteria For A Criminal Defendant To Be Admitted To The Mental Health Court Program; To Provide That The Court Shall Require An Eligibility Screening And An Assessment Of The Defendant; To Provide That The Imposition Of Execution Of Sentence Shall Be Postponed While The Defendant Is Enrolled In The Mental Health Court Program, And As Long As The Defendant Complies With The Conditions Of His Agreement, He Shall Remain On Probation; To Provide That At The Conclusion Of The Period Of Probation, The Court May Revoke Probation, Extend The Probation Or Dismiss The Conviction; To Require The Defendant To Execute A Written Agreement To Participate In The Mental Health Court Program; To Authorize The Court To Impose Sanctions On The Defendant If Certain Conditions Are Met; And For Related Purposes.

Mental Health Court; establish as pilot program in Hinds County.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0615.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0615IN.htm