Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative.

Summary

The bill adds a sentencing alternative that places qualifying defendants with serious psychotic disorders into community supervision and treatment instead of prison. It applies to first‑time felony offenders who are not convicted of serious violent, most sex, or certain domestic‑violence crimes and who agree to participate. The goal is to address the role of untreated mental illness in criminal behavior while protecting public safety.

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