Plain English Breakdown
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Mental Health Diversion Exclusions
This law adds more crimes to the list of offenses that stop a person with a mental disorder from getting pretrial diversion.
What This Bill Does
- Expands the list of crimes where courts cannot grant mental health diversion.
- Prohibits diversion for defendants charged with child abuse and endangerment.
- Blocks diversion for cases involving cruel or inhuman corporal punishment on a child that causes injury.
- Stops diversion if an assault on a child under 8 years old results in the child's death.
- Excludes human trafficking charges from eligibility for mental health diversion programs.
- Prohibits diversion for any crime that causes great bodily injury.
Who It Names or Affects
- Defendants diagnosed with a mental disorder who face specific new criminal charges.
- Courts that decide whether to grant pretrial diversion based on the expanded list of exclusions.
Terms To Know
- Pretrial diversion
- A program where a defendant with a mental disorder gets treatment instead of going through normal court proceedings before trial, if they meet certain requirements and are suitable for the program.
- Great bodily injury
- Serious physical harm caused by a crime, as defined in the law.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not state when this bill will officially take effect.
- The summary lists specific crimes but refers to 'as specified' for details on how those crimes are legally defined.