Competency Restoration Services And Education

Juvenile and criminal justice systems - competency restoration services - appropriation. The act addresses various issues relating to the restoration of competency for juveniles and adults in the juvenile and criminal justice systems, including:

• Requiring the court to consider whether restoration to competency services should occur on an outpatient basis if the defendant is on bond or summons;
• Requiring that, in addition to providing competency restoration services in the least restrictive environment, the provision of such services and a juvenile's participation in those services occur and are reviewed by the court in a timely manner;
• Establishing the office of behavioral health (office) as the entity responsible for the oversight of restoration education and the coordination services necessary to competency restoration; and
• Setting forth the duties of the office related to competency restoration services and education, including the development of a standardized juvenile and adult curricula for the educational component of competency restoration services. The curricula, to be developed on or before December 1, 2017, must have a content and delivery mechanism that allows it to be tailored to meet individual needs, including those of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

For the 2017-18 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $18,000 to the department of human services from the marijuana tax cash fund for operating expenses related to community behavioral health administration.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)