Section 23A-50-13 – Membership of oversight council.
23A-50-13. Membership of oversight council. The oversight council shall be composed of fourteen members. The Governor shall appoint the following four members: a member from the Department of Social Services; a member from law enforcement; a member from a mental health provider; and one at-large member. The Chief Justice shall appoint the following four members: […]
Section 23A-50-1 – Definitions.
23A-50-1. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter and §§23A-10A-17, 23A-46-1, and 24-11-55 to 24-11-59, inclusive, mean: (1)”Mental health response team,” a support team tasked with finding viable community resources to help persons with severe mental illness involved in the court system; (2)”Mental health screening tool,” a brief, routine process using a standardized instrument that has […]
Section 23A-50-2 – Crisis services grant program.
23A-50-2. Crisis services grant program. The Department of Social Services shall create a crisis services grant program to any municipality, county, or groups of counties for the purposes of encouraging the establishment of new crisis response services or the expansion of existing crisis response services. The grant program shall be in existence until the grant […]
Section 23A-50-3 – Report on mental health conditions of bond.
23A-50-3. Report on mental health conditions of bond. The Unified Judicial System shall collect and report to the oversight council the number and percent of defendants for whom mental health assessment and mental health treatment is required as a condition of bond, and the number and percent of those with assessment and treatment as a […]