HB614 Alabama 2019 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Diversion programs, require every judicial circuit to establish a drug court program and mental health court program, community corrections, require every judicial circuit to establish a community punishment and corrections program, Sec. 15-18-187 added; Secs. 12-23A-4, 12-23A-9, 12-23A-12, 15-18-172, 15-18-176 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, judicial circuits are authorized to establish a drug court program</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require every judicial circuit to establish a drug court program</p><p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, counties or nonprofit entities may establish community punishment and corrections programs</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require every judicial circuit to establish a community punishment and corrections program in at least one county in the circuit</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also require every judicial circuit to establish a mental health court in at least one county in the circuit</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also provide for technical revisions</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to drug court programs; to amend Sections 12-23A-4, 12-23A-9, and 12-23A-12, Code of Alabama 1975, to require every judicial circuit to establish a drug court program; to amend Sections 15-18-172 and 15-18-176, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to community punishment and corrections programs, to require each judicial circuit to establish a community punishment and corrections program in at least one county in the circuit; to add Section 15-18-187 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the implementation of a community punishment and corrections program in each circuit; and to require each judicial circuit to establish a mental health court program in at least one county in the circuit. </p>

Subjects

Diversion Programs