Ohio HB622 amends competency to stand trial laws and establishes a mental health and substance abuse community-based correctional facility pilot.

Ohio HB622 amends the competency to stand trial law by requiring a prosecutor to file for civil confinement of a defendant found incompetent to stand trial and charged with a felony or misdemeanor offense of violence. It also creates a mental health and substance abuse community-based correctional facility pilot program, which involves identifying locations within community-based correctional facilities for treatment, acquiring necessary medications, and hiring specialized staff.

Ohio HB622 amends competency to stand trial laws and establishes a mental health and substance abuse community-based correctional facility pilot.

Ohio HB622 amends the competency to stand trial law by requiring a prosecutor to file for civil confinement of a defendant found incompetent to stand trial and charged with a felony or misdemeanor offense of violence. It also creates a mental health and substance abuse community-based correctional facility pilot program, which involves identifying locations within community-based correctional facilities for treatment, acquiring necessary medications, and hiring specialized staff.