SB 1187 Summary

• Reduces maximum commitment period for mentally incompetent defendants charged with felonies from 3 years to 2 years, or the maximum sentence for the most serious offense charged, whichever is shorter.

• Requires courts to appoint a regional center director (or designee) to evaluate defendants suspected of having developmental disabilities and determine their eligibility for regional center services.

• Requires regional center directors to provide periodic progress reports to courts for defendants with developmental disabilities placed on outpatient status.

• Eliminates the requirement for courts to hold a competency hearing after 18 months of commitment or outpatient status.

• Applies Section 4019 credit provisions (one day credit for every four days confined) to persons committed to treatment facilities pending restoration of mental competence.