HB348 Alabama 2010 Session

Under existing law, the Administrative Office of Courts administers programs for drug courts in this state

This bill would authorize the presiding judge of each judicial circuit to establish a drug court or courts to address the drug offender's identified substance abuse problem as a condition of pretrial release, pretrial diversion, probation, jail, prison, parole, community corrections, or other release from a correctional facility; would provide for screening of drug offenders, treatment, support services, and drug testing; and would provide referrals to programs certified by the Department of Mental Health for indicated treatment

This bill would require the Administrative Office of Courts to assist in planning, implementing, and developing drug courts; would require recommendations concerning the legal, policy, and procedural issues confronting drug courts; and would provide for civil immunity

Relating to drug courts; to authorize each presiding judge of a judicial circuit to establish a drug court or courts; to provide for screening of drug offenders, treatment, support services, and drug testing; to provide referrals to programs certified by the Department of Mental Health for indicated treatment; to require the Administrative Office of Courts to assist in planning, implementing, and developing drug courts; to provide recommendations concerning the legal, policy, and procedural issues confronting drug courts; and to provide for civil immunity.