SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Criminal Justice
TIME & DATE:
9:00 AM, Thursday, June 10, 2010
PLACE:
E1.016 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator John Whitmire
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice will meet to hear invited and
public testimony on the following interim charges:  
Interim Charge 1
Study the efficiency and fairness of the current sexual offender registry
system and make recommendations to improve the system, if necessary. Study
the issue of compliance with the Adam Walsh Act, focusing on the
associated costs to the state and the punishment of juveniles. Examine the
risk assessment tools used to measure the likelihood of recidivism of
sexual predators.
Interim Charge 7
Assess how the Commission on Jail Standards, the Department of Public
Safety, the Department of Criminal Justice, and Department of State Health
Services are working together to identify defendants with mental health
issues, notify magistrates when defendants have been identified and, where
appropriate, provide crisis stabilization services to defendants. Monitor
legislation passed by the 81st Legislature for mental illness and make
recommendations for any needed improvements to improve mental health
services and reduce recidivism.
*If submitting written testimony or distributing handouts, please provide
20 copies, with your name on each copy, to the committee when called to
testify.