BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 2298: Mentally ill offenders

Designing demonstration projects to improve treatment and management and reduce recidivism rates of mentally ill offenders.

Summary

$ Requires the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to establish a task force to study ways to improve the treatment of the state's mentally ill offender population.
$ Requires the task force to design a demonstration project for two participating counties that may be used in the future as a model for providing treatment and management of mentally ill offenders.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 2298), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to demonstration projects to improve treatment and management and reduce recidivism rates of mentally ill offenders;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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HB 2298 (2017–18) Wastewater operator cert. · Enacted · Chapter 213, Laws of 2018
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HB 2298 (2013–14) Capital projects/tech infra. · Enacted · Chapter 44, Laws of 2014
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