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make an appropriation to provide grants for the creation of regional crisis diversion centers and to declare an emergency.

HB 1270 provides state funding for grants to create regional crisis diversion centers—facilities designed to help people experiencing mental health or substance use crises as an alternative to emergency rooms or jail. The bill amends existing law governing mental health services and crisis programs to establish how these centers will be funded and operated across South Dakota regions.

revise the eligibility requirements for compassionate parole under certain circumstances.

This bill expands who can apply for compassionate parole by lowering the age requirement from 65 to include inmates as young as 60 who have served at least ten years and have high medical costs, and by adding a new category for inmates age 70 who have served at least 30 years. The bill also temporarily extends compassionate parole eligibility to all inmates convicted of non-violent Class 3 felonies or lower during a global pandemic declared by the World Health Organization.