MO HB1826

Allows the Board of Probation and Parole to conduct hearings with offenders via videoconference at the board's discretion for parole decisions, conditional release extensions, and revocations, with victims able to testify at either the board's location or the institution where the offender is located.

Videoconferencing cannot be used if the offender, victim, or victim's family objects to it.

Establishes a three-year pilot program for mental health assessment and treatment in participating counties, allowing judges to request placement of offenders in the Department of Corrections for 120 days upon prosecutor motion.

Prohibits probation under the mental health assessment program for offenders convicted of murder in the second degree, forcible rape, statutory rape, forcible sodomy, statutory sodomy, first-degree child molestation (class A felony), predatory sexual offenses, or any offense with statutory prohibition against probation or parole.

Requires the Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health to submit joint recommendations to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2015 on whether to expand the mental health assessment process statewide.