After a multi-year investigation, the National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness hosted a virtual report launch on October 25, 2022 to release its findings and recommendations to assist state courts in responding to the needs of court-involved individuals with serious mental illness.
During this virtual report launch, Chief Justice Paul L. Reiber (Vermont) and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks (New York), co-chairs of the Task Force, presented highlights from the report titled, "State Courts Leading Change: Report and Recommendations."
Additionally, commentary and remarks were provided by Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Mental Health and Substance Use and leader of SAMHSA; Dr. Sarah Y. Vinson, Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Morehouse School of Medicine; and Judge Nan Waller, Multnomah County, Oregon, recipient of NCSC’s 2022 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence.
To read the report, visit ncsc.org/behavioralhealth.
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