The interstate compact on the mentally disordered offender, hereinafter called "the compact," is hereby ratified, enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows:
Interstate Compact on the Mentally
Disordered Offender
Article I. Purpose and Policy.
(a) The party states, desiring by common action to improve their programs for the care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to:
(1) Strengthen their own programs and laws for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered offender.