Advisory Committee.
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(d) Term of office.--
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(2) The term of the chairman of the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Committee and the chairman of the
Mental Health and Justice Advisory Committee shall be
concurrent with [his] their service as [chairman of that
committee] chairmen of their respective committees.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding sections to read:
Section 7.3. Mental Health and Justice Advisory Committee.
(a) Establishment.--The Mental Health and Justice Advisory
Committee is established within the commission.
(b) Composition.--The members of the committee shall be
appointed by the Governor and shall include representatives of
the Department of Corrections, the Department of Drug and
Alcohol Programs, the Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs, the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services of the Department of Human Services, the Pennsylvania
Board of Probation and Parole, the Administrative Office of
Pennsylvania Courts, the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing,
units of local government, public and private agencies and
organizations which provide or advocate for mental health
treatment and services, agencies which provide housing for the
mentally ill, victim service agencies, drug and alcohol
treatment providers, police, district attorneys, public
defenders, judges of the courts of common pleas, county adult
and juvenile probation officers, county wardens and other
individuals with expertise in the public safety response and
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