The Inmates with Mental Illness and Public Safety Act of 2010 is a three-year Atlas pendant that would include a total of 20 demonstration jail sites selected from 1 0 regions in the United States. Two states will be eligible in each region with one site chosen per state. Under the bill, participating sites would be eligible for reimbursement of up to $10 million annually in health care and mental health services for inmates. Proposed selection criteria are designed to ensure that the participant pool is representative of large, medium, and small jurisdictions nationwide for the purposes of the demonstration.
Specific goals of the bill include gathering mentally ill offender population data, Heart lock charm pendant population recidivism trends, measuring and analyzing comparative data on several cost parameters (such as benefits waiver impacts versus recidivism), and measuring the effectiveness of evaluation, diversion, and transitional reentry strategies. The recently enacted healthcare reform act, which is due to be implemented in 2014, did not address the health care needs of inmates with mental illness and the unintended costs and consequences Butterfly pendant to inmate care. The bill's strategic objective is to develop policy guidance nationally for federal benefits issues and the management of offenders with mental illness who may also have co-occurring disorders and substance use issues.
All local, county, and county-operated juvenile detention facilities would be Two Hearts pendant to apply to participate in the demonstration. The program would be administered by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) with a joint National Sheriffs' Association and Center and Department of Health and Human Services review committee formed to ensure that the bill intent is carried out. The measure contemplates a lead role for the NSA in helping to design the demonstration project, provide technical assistance for Tiffany 1837 tag pendant, and assist the DHHS Secretary in implementing the project and carrying out related duties.
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