I would look at the results, which are a huge number of people defaulting into the criminal justice system with significant mental health issues. I'm not talking about anxiety issues or some of the more minor issues in the DSM-IV. These people are not oriented to their environment, and they're not capable of.... How they got over the NCR issue is a mystery, but they're certainly in trouble when they get into the criminal justice system. I think if there's anything that can flag that....
Some of the ones who are the most seriously mentally ill who come into the federal corrections system have represented themselves. It is pretty clear, I would think, to everyone in the courtroom, that there are some significant mental health issues at play that have not been picked up, I don't think, in an appropriate way.
If all this bill did was highlight that these issues need to be made known to the sentencing judge when they're relevant to the offence at sentencing, that would be key. That would be a big step.