- (a) On or before December 1 each year, beginning in 2022, the Center shall produce and update a multiyear strategic plan to implement the recommendations of the report of the annual State Sequential Intercept Model Summit.
(b) The strategic plan shall include:
- (1) A plan for formal, consistent, appropriate, and coordinated behavioral health screening processes that are properly applied at jail booking, including expanded behavioral health screening for veterans;
- (2) Recommendations for the coordination of behavioral health and criminal justice initiatives with related State health initiatives;
(3) Recommendations for investment in preventive services systems including:
- (i) Assertive community treatment;
- (ii) Crisis response services;
- (iii) Harm reduction strategies; and
- (iv) Other preventive services for individuals with behavioral health disorders;
- (4) An expansion of the use of technology and data analysis across the behavioral health, public safety, and criminal justice systems in accordance with the purposes of the Center;
- (5) A plan for expanding the use of peer support services across intercepts; and
- (6) A racial impact analysis.
(c) In developing the strategic plan, the Center shall consider:
- (1) Opportunities for the provision of pre-crisis-to-recovery services to individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system;
- (2) The availability of housing options for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system; and
- (3) The availability of transportation for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system.
Added by Acts 2021, c. 68, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 69, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.