Establishing a veterans treatment court in each judicial district

The veterans treatment court is also required to establish ongoing interaction with each veteran, to coordinate treatment and rehabilitation services, and to monitor and evaluate treatment. The veterans treatment court is required to continue interdisciplinary education to promote effective veterans treatment court planning and operation, and to form partnerships among veterans treatment courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations. The bill provides that the jurisdiction of the veterans treatment 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 veterans treatment court and requires that the chief judge shall designate one or more of the district judges and district associate judges to act as judges of the veterans treatment court for a judicial district. The chief judge of a district may designate a veterans treatment court judge to preside in more than one county. The supreme court is required to prescribe rules to establish the jurisdiction of the veterans treatment court and for the administration of the veterans treatment court in this state in consultation with the United States department of veterans affairs, the Iowa department of veterans affairs, the county commissions of veteran affairs, the department of human services, the state public defender, and the Iowa county attorneys association.