Ohio House Bill 622: Enact the Mental Health and Community Wellness Act

Ohio · 2025-2026 Regular Session

What it does

To amend sections 2945.37, 2945.38, 2945.39, and 2945.401 and to enact section 5120.101 of the Revised Code to enact the Mental Health and Community Wellness Act to amend the competency to stand trial law, to create the mental health and substance abuse community-based correctional facility pilot program, to require a prosecutor to file for civil confinement of a defendant who is found incompetent to stand trial and who is charged with a felony or a misdemeanor offense of violence, and to make an appropriation.

Latest action

Referred to committee: Judiciary (2026-02-04)

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