Authorizing a qualified county to impose a tax for the funding of behavioral health diversion from the criminal justice system.

This bill allows counties that have an approved behavioral health diversion plan to impose a sales and use tax of up to 0.1%. The money collected from this tax must be used for programs that prevent people with behavioral health needs from entering the criminal justice system or divert them away from it. This includes measures to reduce the number of individuals with behavioral health needs charged with certain felonies from entering the system and strategies to reduce repeat offenses.

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