(a) If a comprehensive mental health evaluation is not performed at the request of the minor convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101, capital rape, § 5-14-114, or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, before his or her trial or before he or she is sentenced, the circuit court shall ensure that a comprehensive mental health evaluation is conducted on the minor by an adolescent mental health professional licensed in the state before the minor's entry into the Division of Correction for a sentence of life imprisonment.
(b) A comprehensive mental health evaluation ordered under this section shall include without limitation the following information concerning the minor:(1) Family interviews;(2) Prenatal history;(3) Developmental history;(4) Medical history;(5) History of treatment for substance use;(6) Social history; and(7) A psychological evaluation.
(1) Family interviews;
(2) Prenatal history;
(3) Developmental history;
(4) Medical history;
(5) History of treatment for substance use;
(6) Social history; and
(7) A psychological evaluation.
(c) A comprehensive mental health evaluation conducted under this section:(1) Is not admissible into evidence at a trial or sentencing over the objections of the minor; and(2) Shall be included in any documentation or inmate file kept by the Division of Correction or, if the minor is eventually supervised on parole or post-release supervision, the Division of Community Correction.
(1) Is not admissible into evidence at a trial or sentencing over the objections of the minor; and
(2) Shall be included in any documentation or inmate file kept by the Division of Correction or, if the minor is eventually supervised on parole or post-release supervision, the Division of Community Correction.