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1 1 Section 1. STUDY OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN
1 2 CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS.
1 3 1. During 2003, the division of criminal and juvenile
1 4 justice planning of the department of human rights shall
1 5 conduct a study of mental health treatment in correctional
1 6 settings. The division shall submit a report including
1 7 findings and recommendations to the governor and general
1 8 assembly no later than January 2004. It is the intent of the
1 9 general assembly that the relevant standing committees and
1 10 appropriations subcommittees, including the committees on
1 11 human resources and on judiciary and the joint appropriations
1 12 subcommittees on health and human services and on the justice
1 13 system, will receive a presentation on the study during the
1 14 2004 legislative session.
1 15 2. In performing the study, the division may involve the
1 16 membership of the criminal and juvenile justice planning
1 17 advisory council and other knowledgeable persons who may
1 18 include any of the following:
1 19 a. Members of the general assembly with expertise in the
1 20 justice system, human services, mental health, or substance
1 21 abuse treatment.
1 22 b. Persons with expertise from the university of Iowa,
1 23 including the Iowa consortium for mental health services,
1 24 training, and research.
1 25 c. Representatives of the following state agencies and
1 26 bodies: departments of corrections, human services, and
1 27 public health, mental health and developmental disabilities
1 28 commission, mental health planning council, and board of
1 29 parole.
1 30 d. Representatives of the Iowa state association of
1 31 counties who are involved with mental health services.
1 32 e. Persons involved with the Iowa mental health forum
1 33 conducted by the state public policy group and consumers and
1 34 family members of consumers of mental health services.
1 35 f. Persons who have conducted studies on this topic from
2 1 the sixth judicial district department of correctional
2 2 services and other representatives of the community-based
2 3 corrections system.
2 4 3. The division may request technical assistance and other
2 5 support from any agency associated with the three branches of
2 6 state government, and from local and national sources.
2 7 EXPLANATION
2 8 This bill directs the division of criminal and juvenile
2 9 justice planning of the department of human rights to conduct
2 10 a study of mental health treatment in correctional settings
2 11 during 2003. The study report must be submitted to the
2 12 governor and general assembly by January 2004 and legislative
2 13 intent is stated for various legislative committees and
2 14 appropriations subcommittees to receive a presentation
2 15 concerning the study.
2 16 The division may involve various persons in performing the
2 17 study and may request assistance from any agency connected
2 18 with a branch of state government, or other sources.
2 19 LSB 2015HH 80
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