An Alabama bill would allow probate judges to consider substance use disorder and mental health issues when it comes to involuntary commitments.
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Bedsole and Barford worked alongside the Association of County Commissioners of Alabama, and a group of probate judges.In that role, he saw a lot of people in the criminal justice system who have mental health disorders. “We had mental health counselors inside the jail and some resources that weren’t available to an individual unless they got brought to jail,” Bedsole said.
“There were opioid settlement funds that became available to the state. This bill opens the door for those funds to be used to help the treatment for those who have that co-occurring diagnosis,” said Bedsole. “Sometimes people flee or go across county lines, once they’re committed, and then the probate judge at that point would have lost any jurisdiction because they were limited on being able to send resources across the county line,” said Bedsole. “This bill establishes the jurisdiction to be where the individual was at the time and the commitment so if they were in another county, they would have the ability to maybe have the neighboring county bring them before the court.
Bedsole said we want this bill to open the door, if funds were available, to be used for their treatment.
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