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OH HB622

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Josh Williams

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Origin

House of Representatives

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires prosecutors to file civil commitment petitions in probate court for defendants found incompetent to stand trial who are charged with felonies or misdemeanor offenses of violence, rather than making this discretionary

  • Establishes a mental health and substance abuse community-based correctional facility pilot program within the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to expand treatment opportunities in correctional facilities

  • Appropriates $26 million for construction of a mental health and substance abuse community-based correctional facility in Lucas County, adjacent to the Toledo Correctional Institution

  • Directs the Medicaid Director to seek a federal demonstration waiver within six months to provide mental health and substance use disorder treatment services to individuals in the pilot program

  • Renames references to the "department of mental health and addiction services" to "department of behavioral health" throughout the competency to stand trial statutes

Legislative Description

Enact the Mental Health and Community Wellness Act

Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and Punishment

Last Action

Referred to committee: Judiciary

2/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2026

Full Bill Text

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