HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Appropriations-S/C on Criminal Justice
TIME & DATE:
10:00 AM, Thursday, May 29, 2008
PLACE:
E1.030
CHAIR:
Rep. Sylvester Turner
This is a joint hearing with the House Committee on Corrections.
 
The committee will hear public testimony on the following interim charges:
 
Review and research the availability, coordination, efficiency and
allocation of substance abuse treatment resources for probationers,
pretrial defendants, people in the custody of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice (TDCJ), and parolees.  This review should include methods
to reduce and improve current assessments, training, and referring
protocols and the identification of any barriers that may be impeding all
of the above.
 
Assess the relationship between mental illness and criminal behavior and
offer reforms needed to address the proliferation of mental illness in the
adult and juvenile criminal justice systems.  This review should include
an examination of data sharing between criminal justice and health and
human service agencies, proper screening, assessments, treatment,
discharge planning, post-release supervision and community services.