Bill Status of HB 4816   103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  PRETRIAL SUCCESS-GRANTS

House Sponsors
Rep. Maurice A. West, II, Lilian Jiménez, Kevin John Olickal-Camille Y. Lilly and Maura Hirschauer

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Pretrial Success Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services has grant making, operational, and procurement authority to distribute funds to local government health and human services agencies, community-based organizations, and other entities necessary to execute the functions under the Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall issue grants to local governmental agencies and community-based organizations to maximize pretrial success each year. Provides that grants shall be awarded no later than October 1, 2024. Provides that grants in subsequent years shall be issued on or before September 1 of the relevant fiscal year and shall allow for pre-award expenditures beginning July 1 of the relevant fiscal year. Provides that each judicial circuit with a population of at least 250,000 constitutes a service area. Provides that each judicial circuit with populations of less than 250,000 shall be combined with at least one other geographically contiguous judicial circuit to constitute a service area with a population of at least 250,000. Provides that resources for each service area shall be distributed based on maximizing the total potential pretrial success. Subject to appropriation, the minimum annual grant amount awarded in each service area shall be $300,000. Provides that beginning in Fiscal Year 2027 and subject to appropriation, grants shall be awarded for a project period of 3 years, contingent on Department requirements for reporting and successful performance. Provides that organizations receiving grants under the Act shall provide the following services directly or through subgrants to other organizations: (1) case management for mental health and substance use disorders; (2) detoxification or referral to detoxification when clinically indicated and available in the community; (3) medication assisted treatment or referral to medication assisted treatment when clinically indicated and available in the community; (4) child care to remove barriers to court appearances; and (5) transportation to court appearances if not available through the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services or other court stakeholders. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/6/2024HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  2/6/2024HouseFirst Reading
  2/6/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/28/2024HouseAssigned to Appropriations-Public Safety Committee
  3/22/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
  3/26/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
  4/5/2024HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 24, 2024
  4/12/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
  4/19/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  5/15/2024HouseTo Violence Reduction & Prevention Subcommittee
  5/24/2024HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 27, 2024
  5/26/2024HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 31, 2024
  5/31/2024HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die

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