Bills › 88th General Assembly
Establishing a drug court in each judicial district and making appropriations
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill establishes a drug court in each judicial district to serve alcohol or drug addicted offenders and to integrate court sanctions and incentives with alcohol and drug abuse treatment. The drug court is required to integrate justice system case processing with alcohol and drug treatment, to use a nonadversarial approach in proceedings, and to provide early and prompt identification and placement of eligible participants in the treatment programs. The drug court is also required to establish ongoing interaction with each offender, to coordinate treatment and rehabilitation services, and to monitor and evaluate treatment.
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The drug court is required to continue interdisciplinary education to promote effective drug court planning and operation, and to form partnerships among drug courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations. The bill provides that the jurisdiction of the drug court may be exercised by any district judge and by any district associate judge who is designated by the chief judge of a judicial district as a judge of the drug court and requires that the chief judge designate one or more of the district judges and district associate judges to act as judges of the drug court for a judicial district. The chief judge of a district may designate a drug court judge to preside in more than one county. The supreme court is required to prescribe rules to establish the jurisdiction of the drug court and for the administration of the drug court in this state.8 million to the department of corrections each fiscal year for costs associated with drug courts.