Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008
Official title: “To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes.”
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It became law on October 14, 2008.
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