HB1042: Mental health courts; clarify chancery court participation for certification of.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Create New Section 9-27-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Before A Chancery Court Alleged To Be In Need Of Mental Health Treatment Is Eligible For Participation In A Mental Health Court; To Amend Section 9-23-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Role Of Chancery Courts As Intervention Courts; To Amend Sections 9-27-3 And 9-27-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Mental Health Courts, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Bring Forward Section 9-27-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulates Alternative Sentencing For Mental Health Courts, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Sections 41-21-63 And 41-21-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Participation In Mental Health Courts; And For Related Purposes.