Expand treatment courts to include mental health services and allow public defenders to participate as team members.
AN ACT relating to courts; amending the Court Supervised Treatment Program Act to include mental health treatment; authorizing court supervised treatment programs to accept participants from any other jurisdiction in this state; amending the Public Defender Act to allow the public defender to participate as a team member in court supervised treatment programs and represent participants in those programs; changing the term "substance abuse" to "substance use"; amending definitions; creating definitions; making conforming amendments; authorizing rulemaking; repealing provisions; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsor:
Amends the Court Supervised Treatment Program Act to include mental health treatment, expand participant eligibility and program jurisdiction, allow public defenders to participate in treatment programs, and replace terminology of 'substance abuse' with 'substance use disorder' throughout related statutes.
3/3/2025(House)
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2/10/2025(House)
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
1/15/2025(House)
H01 - Judiciary:Do Pass Failed 4-5-0-0-0
1/14/2025(House)
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
1/2/2025(House)
Effective: Immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for the bill to become law
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12/17/2024(LSO)
Bill Number Assigned
No roll call votes recorded.