Inmate Treatment Incentive Plans

Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems. The bill requires the department of corrections to: Monitor the number of inmates who need sex offender treatment or services and the number who are not receiving such treatment or services; Develop an incentive plan to contract for more mental health professionals to provide sex offender treatment or services in difficult-to-serve geographic areas; and Report to the joint budget committee the number of inmates needing treatment or services, the number not receiving the treatment or services, and the impact of the incentive plan.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More