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Senate bill would add mental health courts to treatment-court framework; supporters urge funding
Summary
Senate Bill 218 would explicitly authorize mental health courts as a treatment-court division eligible for funding and standards; sponsors and witnesses described evidence of benefits and asked for state funding and access to the treatment-court resource fund.
Senator Rusty Black (Senate District 12) presented Senate Bill 218 to the House Judiciary Committee, saying the bill would include mental health courts within Missouri’s authorized treatment-court divisions and allow them to apply to the Treatment Court Coordinating Commission for funds from the Treatment Court Resource Fund.
Black said treatment courts (for…
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