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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Floor Approved)

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MH Pilot Program Review

Item 398 #2h

Item 398 #2h

First Year - FY2017 Second Year - FY2018
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Department of Criminal Justice Services FY2017 ($2,500,000) FY2018 ($2,500,000) GF

Language
Page 337, line 9, strike "$80,006,361" and insert "$77,506,361".
Page 337, line 9, strike "$80,006,361" and insert "$77,506,361".

Page 340, after line 4, insert:

“J. 1. The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall solicit proposals from local or regional jails to establish pilot programs to provide services to mentally ill inmates, or to provide pre-incarceration crisis intervention services to prevent mentally ill citizens from entering jails. The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall evaluate the proposals in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and shall report a list of up to three recommended pilot sites to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees no later than August 15, 2016.

2. In its solicitation for proposals, the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall require submissions to include proposed actions to address the following minimum conditions and criteria:

a. Use of mental health screening and assessment instruments designated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services;

b. Provision of services to all mentally ill inmates in the designated pilot program, whether state or local responsible;

c. Use of a collaborative partnership among local agencies and officials, such as community services board, community corrections agency, local law enforcement agencies, Commonwealth's attorneys, courts, and non-profit organizations;

d. Establishment of a crisis intervention team or plans to establish such a team;

e. Training for jail staff in dealing with mentally ill inmates;

f. Provision of a continuum of services; and

g. Use of evidence-based programs and services.

h. Funding necessary to provide services including, but not limited to: mental health treatment services, behavioral health services, case managers to provide discharge planning for individuals, re-entry services, and transportation services.

3. In evaluating proposals and recommending pilot sites, the Department of Criminal Justice Services in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, shall at minimum give consideration to following factors:

a. The readiness of the local or regional jail to undertake the proposed pilot program;

b. The proposed shares of cost to be funded by the Commonwealth, localities, or other sources, respectively;

c. The need for such a program demonstrated by the local or regional jail;

d. The demonstrated collaborative relationship between the jail and community mental health treatment providers; and

e. To the extent feasible, ensuring the recommendation of pilot sites representing a mix of both rural and urban setting.”

Page 340, strike lines 5 through 36.



Explanation

(This amendment removes language and associated funds included in the introduced budget for mental health programs in local and regional jails, and directs DCJS to solicit proposals for jails to establish pilot programs, review those solicitations in conjunction DBHDS, and report their recommended pilot sites to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees no later than July 15, 2016.)