In that regard, this bill provides that in a pre-sentence report any mental disorder of the offender shall be reported. That is far broader than merely taking what is documented on file and putting it into a report, far broader than engaging with an offender, and far broader than recording observations that are made of the offender while incarcerated.
How would a probation officer be able to identify any mental disorder involving an offender without someone, such as a psychiatrist or other specialist, coming in and interviewing the offender? How would you get around it to satisfy what seems to me to be a much broader-in-scope requirement provided for in this bill?