Sec. 579.002. MENTAL HEALTH JAIL DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAM. The department, in cooperation with the county judge, shall establish a pilot program in Harris County to be implemented by the county judge for the purpose of reducing recidivism and the frequency of arrests and incarceration among persons with mental illness in that county.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 775 (S.B. 1185), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
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