62A-15-605. Forensic Mental Health Coordinating Council -- Establishment and
purpose.
(1) There is established the Forensic Mental Health Coordinating Council composed of
the following members:
(a) the director or the director's appointee;
(b) the superintendent of the state hospital or the superintendent's appointee;
(c) the executive director of the Department of Corrections or the executive director's
appointee;
(d) a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or its appointee;
(e) the attorney general or the attorney general's appointee;
(f) the director of the Division of Services for People with Disabilities or the director's
appointee;
(g) the director of the Division of Juvenile Justice Services or the director's appointee;
(h) the director of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice or the director's
appointee;
(i) the state court administrator or the administrator's appointee;
(j) the state juvenile court administrator or the administrator's appointee;
(k) a representative from a local mental health authority or an organization, excluding the
state hospital that provides mental health services under contract with the Division of Substance
Abuse and Mental Health or a local mental health authority, as appointed by the director of the
division;
(l) the executive director of the Governor's Council for People with Disabilities or the
director's appointee; and
(m) other persons as appointed by the members described in Subsections (1)(a) through
(l).
(2) (a) (i) Members who are not government employees shall receive no compensation or
benefits for their services, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of
the member's official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections
63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.
(ii) Members may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their service.
(b) (i) State government officer and employee members who do not receive salary, per
diem, or expenses from their agency for their service may receive per diem and expenses incurred
in the performance of their official duties from the council at the rates established by the Division
of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.
(ii) State government officer and employee members may decline to receive per diem
and expenses for their service.
(3) The purpose of the Forensic Mental Health Coordinating Council is to:
(a) advise the director regarding admissions to the state hospital of persons in the custody
of the Department of Corrections;
(b) develop policies for coordination between the division and the Department of
Corrections;
(c) advise the executive director of the Department of Corrections regarding issues of
care for persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections who are mentally ill;
(d) promote communication between and coordination among all agencies dealing with
persons with mental retardation, as defined in Section 62A-5-101, or mental illness who become
involved in the civil commitment system or in the criminal or juvenile justice system;
(e) study, evaluate, and recommend changes to laws and procedures relating to persons
with mental retardation or mental illness who become involved in the civil commitment system
or in the criminal or juvenile justice system;
(f) identify and promote the implementation of specific policies and programs to deal
fairly and efficiently with persons with mental retardation or mental illness who become involved
in the civil commitment system or in the criminal or juvenile justice system; and
(g) promote judicial education relating to persons with mental retardation or mental
illness who become involved in the civil commitment system or in the criminal or juvenile
justice system.
Amended by Chapter 171, 2003 General Session
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