HEA 1102 Summary

• The Department of Correction may award grants to county jails for evidence-based mental health and addiction forensic treatment services using departmental operating expense funds, with a maximum of $11,000,000 annually or the amount of certified operational cost savings, whichever is less.

• The department must estimate operational cost savings by March 1 each year resulting from reduced incarceration attributable to 2014 sentencing changes (HEA 1006-2014) and certify savings to the budget agency and state auditor.

• The Commissioner of Correction shall coordinate with the Division of Mental Health and Addiction when issuing grants for community corrections and court-supervised recidivism reduction programs, prioritizing programs serving individuals with mental illness, addictive disorders, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities.

• Community corrections plans must include a collaboration plan among the probation department, community corrections program, and other local criminal justice agencies receiving department funding, with submission deadline of January 1, 2016 to the department and Indiana Judicial Center.

• "Mental health and addiction forensic treatment services" include evidence-based treatment and wraparound support services such as addiction counseling, detoxification, medication-assisted treatment, vocational services, housing assistance, and care coordination for individuals in the criminal justice system charged with or convicted of felonies.