Mississippi House Bill 943 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize Mental Health Court Intervention Programs; To Specify The Purpose And Goals Of Mental Health Courts; To Provide Certain Definitions; To Provide That The Administrative Office Of Courts Shall Be Responsible For Certification And Monitoring Of Local Mental Health Courts; To Establish The State Drug Courts Advisory Committee; To Specify Minimum Standards For Mental Health Courts; To Provide Certain Mental Health Court Intervention Services; To Set Forth Alternative Sentencing Eligibility Criteria And Conditions; To Designate The Powers Of The Administrative Office Of Courts Regarding Mental Health Courts; To Authorize Mental Health Courts To Receive Funds And Assess Reasonable Fees; To Provide Immunity To Persons Who Perform Their Mental Health Court Duties In Good Faith; To Provide That Persons Who Complete All Requirements Imposed By The Mental Health Court Will Have The Record Expunged; To Establish The Mental Health Court Fund; To Amend Section 43-21-357, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The Youth Court Intake Unit To Recommend That A Child Be Referred To The Youth Court Mental Health Court And To Allow The Youth Court The Option To Order That A Child Be Referred To The Youth Court Mental Health Court; To Amend Section 25-3-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify Duties Imposed On Supreme Court Justices, Chancery Court Judges And Circuit Court Judges Relating To Mental Health Courts; And For Related Purposes.

Mental health courts; establish statewide standards.

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0943.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0943IN.htm