HB3572: UNFIT MISDEMEANANT DIVERSION

Legislative Summary

Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, except: (1) provides that the Fitness to Stand Trial Task Force shall hold its first meeting no later than October 1, 2025; (2) the Task Force may at any time identify legislative proposals in support of its mission prior to the issuance of its final report; (3) in the provisions that following eligibility screening for mental health services, the State and the defendant agree to the diversion and the court determines that the defendant is appropriate for diversion, the criminal charges may be dismissed (deletes with prejudice); (4) provides that if the parties do not agree or the court does not approve the diversion, the court shall order a fitness examination and the matter shall be governed by any other relevant provisions of the Fitness For Trial, To Plead Or To Be Sentenced Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; (5) deletes provision that appointments to the Task Force shall be made within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act; and (6) the Task Force shall be dissolved following the submission of its report to the Supreme Court and the General Assembly.