An eastern Wisconsin Assemblyman is keeping his sights set on mental health expansion.
Representative Paul Tittl of Manitowoc has been focusing his efforts on mental health reform in Wisconsin for his entire time in office.
While on WOMT’s Be My Guest program, Tittl noted that there is a direct link between mental health and the rash of shootings that have plagued our country.
“Almost every single one of them has either undiagnosed mental health conditions or diagnosed mental health conditions that weren’t properly treated,” he explained. “I think if we can try to get more people the help they need, we will be in a better place. We just will be.”
Tittl is not just talking about it though, as he is working on a bill that would help communities, such as Manitowoc, install a mental health court.
“We have a bill that basically says the TAD Courts, which were previously were drug courts, veterans courts, OWI courts, they were all funded through TAD funding, but it doesn’t allow mental health to be,” he explained. “We want to expand the TAD mental health funding.”
TAD by the way, stands for Treatment Alternative and Diversion, which is a program established in 2005.
It aims to support efforts that provide treatment and diversion programs for non-violent adult offenders for whom substance abuse was a contributing factor in their criminal activity.
This bill would add mental health to the list of causes covered.
