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(a) If a comprehensive mental health evaluation is not performed at the request of the minor convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101, or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, before his or her trial or before he or she is sentenced, the circuit court shall ensure that a comprehensive mental health evaluation is conducted on the minor by an adolescent mental health professional licensed in the state before the minor’s entry into the Division of Correction for a sentence of life imprisonment.
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(b) A comprehensive mental health evaluation ordered under this section shall include without limitation the following information concerning the minor:
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(1) Family interviews;
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(2) Prenatal history;
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(3) Developmental history;
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(4) Medical history;
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(5) History of treatment for substance use;
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(6) Social history; and
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(7) A psychological evaluation.
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(c) A comprehensive mental health evaluation conducted under this section:
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(1) Is not admissible into evidence at a trial or sentencing over the objections of the minor; and
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(2) Shall be included in any documentation or inmate file kept by the Division of Correction or, if the minor is eventually supervised on parole, the Division of Community Correction.
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