Sec. 579.009. REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1, 2016, the commissioner shall evaluate and submit a report concerning the effect of the pilot program in reducing recidivism and the frequency of arrests and incarceration among persons with mental illness in Harris County to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officers of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over health and human services issues and over criminal justice issues.
(b) The report must include a description of the features of the criminal justice mental health service model developed and tested under the pilot program and the commissioner's recommendation whether to expand use of the model statewide.
(c) In conducting the evaluation required under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall compare the rate of recidivism in Harris County among persons in the target population before the date the program is implemented in the community to the rate of recidivism among those persons two years after the date the program is implemented in the community and three years after the date the program is implemented in the community. The commissioner may include in the evaluation measures of the effectiveness of the program related to the well-being of persons served under the program.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 775 (S.B. 1185), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
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