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5 Document(s) [ Subject: Competency to stand trial ]

Committee:	Joint Criminal Commitments of Individuals with Mental Retardation, Interim Select
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	[Report].
Subjects:	Competency to stand trial | Criminally insane | Mentally disabled persons | Mentally ill persons |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 C867
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [15 pages  File size: 213 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the criminal commitment process for individuals with mental retardation who are found incompetent to stand trial or are acquitted by reason of insanity.
Committee:	Senate Criminal Justice
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 80th Legislature
Subjects:	Border drug trafficking | Border issues | Border security | Child abuse | Competency to stand trial | Inmate health | Mentally ill inmates | Methamphetamine | Non-citizen inmates | Privately-operated prisons | Probation | Pseudoephedrine | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 C868
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [69 pages  File size: 16,360 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the resources and facilities available to offenders with mental health needs in the Texas criminal justice system. Provide an inventory of resources and facilities. Develop recommendations to better allocate existing resources and efficiently address the needs of this population.
2.	Study the expenditure patterns and identify trends in the community supervision and corrections departments' use of state and local monies, known collectively as the Judicial Districts Trust Funds. Ascertain the percentages spent on direct supervision of probationers and identify notable policy decisions. Provide recommendations for improvements and methods of maximizing the use of these funds.
3.	Examine the allegations of abuse and neglect within the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) facilities and the appropriateness of TYC response. Include an analysis of factors that may be affecting the safety of inmates and staff and make recommendations for Legislative actions to improve the safety of inmates and staff at these facilities.
4.	Monitor the implementation of legislation relating to reducing the production and abuse of methamphetamine, including the predicted impact of methamphetamine's increased availability on state resources and criminal justice populations, and make recommendations for additional programs for further reductions in abuse and production.
5.	Study and make recommendations for methods to reduce kidnapping and violence along the Texas Border, focusing on reducing drug-related crime.
6.	Monitor the expenditure of funds for adult probation services dedicated to the lowering of revocations to state prisons and state jails. Examine the compliance with and effectiveness of associated budget riders and make recommendations for future funding needs.
7.	Study the feasibility of the State of Texas establishing or contracting with a private prison facility in the country of Mexico in order to house non-violent Mexican Nationals currently being housed in Texas prisons.
8.	Review other states' correctional health care systems and make recommendations, if necessary, for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of Texas' system.
Committee:	Senate Health and Human Services
Title:	Interim Report - Joint with Committee on State Affairs
Library Catalog Title:	Joint interim report to the 80th Legislature
Subjects:	Competency to stand trial | Criminally insane | End of life issues | Long-term care | Long-term care insurance | Medicaid | Medical savings accounts | Mental health services | Mentally ill inmates | Prescription drug costs | Prescription drugs | Reverse mortgages | State hospitals |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 H349sa
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [82 pages  File size: 3,061 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine and make recommendations, if necessary, regarding the state's role in regulating pharmacy benefit managers in the interest of consumer protection. Examine alternative methods of dispensing maintenance drugs, including mail service and retail pharmacies, and provide an analysis of the state's role in protecting consumers. Joint Charge with State Affairs Committee.
2.	Study how to reduce dependence on Medicaid for the provision of long term care by increasing use of long-term care insurance and health savings accounts. Include a study of options for increasing the use of advance planning tools, such as health care power of attorney and living wills, to ensure more effective decision-making regarding critical end-of-life and other health care decisions. Finally, study the feasibility of implementing innovative models of nursing facility services that encourage autonomy, choice and dignity of residents. Joint Charge with State Affairs Committee.
3.	Study the current laws/policies relating to forensic patients in our State Hospitals and Community Mental Health Organizations. Include analysis of and recommendations relating to pre- and post-trial forensic patients, competency laws and procedures, current treatment policies and guidelines, cost and placement considerations for creating specialty units for forensic patients, judicial discretion and medical best practices. Joint Charge with State Affairs Committee.
Committee:	Senate State Affairs
Title:	Interim Report - Joint with Committee on Health and Human Services
Library Catalog Title:	Joint interim report to the 80th Legislature
Subjects:	Competency to stand trial | Criminally insane | End of life issues | Long-term care | Long-term care insurance | Medicaid | Mental health services | Mentally ill inmates | Nursing homes | Prescription drug costs | State hospitals |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 H349sa
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [82 pages  File size: 3,061 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine and make recommendations, if necessary, regarding the state's role in regulating pharmacy benefit managers in the interest of consumer protection. Examine alternative methods of dispensing maintenance drugs, including mail service and retail pharmacies, and provide an analysis of the state's role in protecting consumers. Joint Charge with Health and Human Services Committee
2.	Study how to reduce dependence on Medicaid for the provision of long term care by increasing use of long-term care insurance and health savings accounts. Include a study of options for increasing the use of advance planning tools, such as health care power of attorney and living wills, to ensure more effective decision-making regarding critical end-of-life and other health care decisions. Finally, study the feasibility of implementing innovative models of nursing facility services that encourage autonomy, choice and dignity of residents. Joint Charge with Health and Human Services Committee.
3.	Study the current laws/policies relating to forensic patients in our State Hospitals and Community Mental Health Organizations. Include analysis of and recommendations relating to pre- and post-trial forensic patients, competency laws and procedures, current treatment policies and guidelines, cost and placement considerations for creating specialty units for forensic patients, judicial discretion and medical best practices. Joint Charge with Health and Human Services Committee.
Committee:	Joint Criminal Defendant's Competency, Task Force
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	SB 553 / prepared for the 78th Legislature by the SB 553 Task Force in accordance with Senate Bill 553, 77th Legislature, 2001.
Subjects:	Capital punishment of mentally disabled inmates | Competency to stand trial | Mentally disabled inmates | Mentally disabled persons |
Library Call Number:	L1836.77 C867d
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [12 pages  File size: 65 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	A task force is established to review the methods and procedures used to evaluate a criminal defendant's competency to stand trial anduse of the insanity defense and to submit a report to the 78th Legislature. The task force serves in an advisory capacity.
2.	In conducting its review of the methods and procedures used to evaluate a criminal defendant's competency to stand trial and use of the insanity defense, the task force shall: (1) examine the process by which the examination of a defendant is initiated and administered, including the required and actual use of forms and other documentation; (2) review the manner in which a person is appointed to conduct an examination; (3) evaluate the adequacy of the qualifications and training of persons who may be appointed to conduct an examination; (4) consider alternative means to: (A) increase cost effectiveness in the examination process; and (B) maximize third-party payment of the costs of examinations; and (5) assess the potential use and benefits of telepsychiatry.

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