Comprehensive mental health evaluation for a minor convicted of capital murder or murder in the first degree

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  1. (a) If a comprehensive mental health evaluation is not performed at the request of the minor convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101, or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, before his or her trial or before he or she is sentenced, the circuit court shall ensure that a comprehensive mental health evaluation is conducted on the minor by an adolescent mental health professional licensed in the state before the minor's entry into the Division of Correction for a sentence of life imprisonment.

  2. (b) A comprehensive mental health evaluation ordered under this section shall include without limitation the following information concerning the minor:

    1. (1) Family interviews;

    2. (2) Prenatal history;

    3. (3) Developmental history;

    4. (4) Medical history;

    5. (5) History of treatment for substance use;

    6. (6) Social history; and

    7. (7) A psychological evaluation.

  3. (c) A comprehensive mental health evaluation conducted under this section:

    1. (1) Is not admissible into evidence at a trial or sentencing over the objections of the minor; and

    2. (2) Shall be included in any documentation or inmate file kept by the Division of Correction or, if the minor is eventually supervised on parole, the Division of Community Correction.


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