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HB 119: Behavioral Health Services for Defendants with Mental Illness

GENERAL BILL by Fetterhoff

Behavioral Health Services for Defendants with Mental Illness; Exempts certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; creates pilot programs in certain counties for specified purposes & number of years; requires sheriffs' offices in such counties to establish law enforcement behavioral health intervention units; provides training & program requirements; requires annual reports; provides expiration dates for pilot programs.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/30/2021 House - Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/23/2020 House • Filed
1/20/2021 House • Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee
3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
4/30/2021 House • Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee