Bench Book Committee

The Texas Mental Health and Intellectual and Development Disabilities Law Bench Book is a procedural guide for Texas judges hearing cases regarding persons with mental illness and/or IDD, developed by the JCMH and numerous contributing authors and editors including the Bench Book Committee.
- Hon. Camile DuBose, Chair
Medina County, 38th Judicial District - Hon. Bill Boyce
Fourteenth Court of Appeals - Hon. Nelda Cacciotti
Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center - Leah Davies, L.M.S.W.
Strategic Health Alliance - Hon. Rex Davis
Tenth Court of Appeals - Alyse Ferguson
Collin County Mental Health Managed Counsel - Courtney Harvey, Ph.D.
Texas Health and Human Services - Hon. Nancy Hohengarten
County Court at Law #5, Travis County - Collen Horton, M.P.A
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health - Trina Ita, L.P.C.
Texas Health and Human Services - Hon. David Jahn
Denton County Probate Court - Nelson Jarrin, J.D.
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute - Floyd Jennings, J.D., Ph.D.
Harris County Public Defender's Office - Lee Johnson
Texas Council of Community Centers - Louise Joy, J.D.
Joy & Young, LLP - Beth Lawson, M.B.A
StarCare Specialty Health System - Chris Lopez, J.D.
Texas Health and Human Services - Beth Mitchell, J.D.
Disability Rights Texas - Hon. Roxanne Nelson
Burnett County Precinct 1 - Hon. Charles P. Reynolds
Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center - Sian Schilhab, J.D.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals - Brian Shannon, J.D.
Texas Tech School of Law - David Slayton, M.P.A.
Office of Court Administration - Hon. Polly Jackson Spencer
Bexar County Probate Court - Hon. Ryan Turner
Texas Municipal Court Educators - Will Turner
Texas Commission on Jail Standards - Amanda Vasquez
TDCJ Reentry & Integration Division - Steve Wohleb, J.D.
Texas Hospital Association
As of October 2018