The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1127 authored by Rep. Steuerwald regarding mental health and addiction forensic treatments. The bill removes a provision that allows a: (1) delinquent child’s; or (2) person’s; Medicaid participation to be terminated following a two-year suspension due to certain adjudications or incarceration. The bill adds competency restoration services to the list of treatment and wraparound recovery services made available to certain persons in the criminal justice system. The bill provides competency restoration services to the list of services that qualify a person for mental health and addiction forensic treatment services. The bill further adds: (1) recovery community organizations; and (2) recovery residences; certified by the division of mental health and addiction (division) or its designee to the list of organizations eligible for certain funds and grants from the division. The bill requires demographic data concerning race and ethnicity to be included in certain demographic research performed by the division.
The bill was amendment by consent to establish the long-term recovery group for Southwest Indiana program and the long-term recovery group for Southwest Indiana fund.
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, the Indiana Public Defender Council, and the Indiana Sherriffs Association testified in support of the bill. The amended bill passed 11-0.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1127