MS SB2468

Renames the Rivers McGraw Mental Health Diversion Program to the Rivers McGraw Mental Health Treatment Court Act and expands its application to chancery, circuit, county, and youth courts

Requires the Administrative Office of Courts to establish a uniform certification process for all mental health treatment courts, with initial certification by December 31 of the application year and recertification required every three years beginning in 2025

Defines eligibility criteria for defendants and civil case respondents, excluding those with felony convictions for specified violent crimes (murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, human trafficking, carjacking, etc.) within the previous 10 years or pending violent crime charges

Mandates that treatment courts use risk and needs assessments and clinical assessments to identify appropriate participants, focusing on moderate to high-risk individuals, and requires monthly data collection into an official case management system

Allows expungement of criminal records upon successful completion of the program without being subject to other statutory expungement limitations, and provides for dismissal of civil commitment petitions for civil case respondents who complete the program