Of those, an estimated 14.6 million adults suffered from a serious mental illness (SMI) that substantially limited major life activities. 951.26 with assessing the county’s jail population, coordinating public safety initiatives between agencies, and overseeing criminal justice reinvestment grants. While the jail provides medical services, McIntosh emphasized that a county jail lacks the capacity to provide the level of care found in a state mental health facility. The act encourages communities to establish misdemeanor and felony mental health diversion programs to move clinically appropriate defendants from jails to treatment. Stoothoff also explained state officials are watching the “Miami Model,” a reference to the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.