Legislation
SECTION 133
Superintendent to report concerning incarcerated individual believed mentally ill when crime was committed
Correction (COR) CHAPTER 43, ARTICLE 6
§ 133. Superintendent to report concerning incarcerated individual
believed mentally ill when crime was committed. Whenever the
superintendent of a correctional facility shall have reason to believe
that any incarcerated individual in the facility was mentally ill at the
time he or she committed the offense for which he or she was sentenced,
such superintendent shall communicate in writing to the commissioner of
correction his or her reason for such opinion, and shall refer the
commissioner of correction to all the sources of information with which
he or she may be acquainted in relation to the mental illness of such
incarcerated individual. The commissioner of correction shall then
transmit such opinion and information to the governor with his or her
recommendations thereon.
believed mentally ill when crime was committed. Whenever the
superintendent of a correctional facility shall have reason to believe
that any incarcerated individual in the facility was mentally ill at the
time he or she committed the offense for which he or she was sentenced,
such superintendent shall communicate in writing to the commissioner of
correction his or her reason for such opinion, and shall refer the
commissioner of correction to all the sources of information with which
he or she may be acquainted in relation to the mental illness of such
incarcerated individual. The commissioner of correction shall then
transmit such opinion and information to the governor with his or her
recommendations thereon.