HCS SB 435 -- SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS

SPONSOR:  Lembke (Brown, 149)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Corrections and Public Institutions by a vote of 11 to 0.

This substitute authorizes the Department of Mental Health to
enter into a contract agreement with one or more county jails in
this state for the confinement of a person ordered to the
department after a determination by a court that he or she may
meet the definition of a sexually violent predator or for the
confinement of a person ordered to the department after a finding
of probable cause under Section 632.489, RSMo.  These individuals
must be housed and managed separately from offenders in the
custody of the county jail.

The substitute also adds providers of certain targeted case
management services to the list of providers recognized by the
Department of Mental Health as administrative entities.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2010, FY 2011, and
FY 2012.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that there is a space problem at the
Missouri Sexual Offender Treatment Center.  The bill will allow
the Department of Mental Health to contract with counties for the
housing of some of these offenders.

Testifying for the bill were Senator Lembke; Department of Mental
Health; and Missouri Sheriffs Association.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:26 am