F. The Department of Education;

G. The business community;

H. Local service agencies; and

I. Statewide organizations representing drug and mental health court professionals.

§422. Programs

1. Drug and Mental Health Court Coordinator. The Judicial Department shall employ a Drug and Mental Health Court Coordinator. The Drug and Mental Health Court Coordinator is responsible for helping the Judicial Department establish, staff, operate and evaluate alcohol and drug treatment and mental health treatment programs in the courts.

2. Pass-through services. The Administrative Office of the Courts, with the assistance of the Drug and Mental Health Court Coordinator, may enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with:

A. The Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Office of Substance Abuse or other federal-licensed treatment providers or state-licensed treatment providers to provide substance abuse services for alcohol and drug treatment program participants and mental health treatment or dual diagnosis treatment for treatment program participants. To the extent possible, the alcohol and drug treatment programs, mental health treatment programs and dual diagnosis treatment programs must access existing substance abuse treatment resources for alcohol and drug treatment program participants;

B. The Department of Corrections, Division of Community Corrections or other appropriate organizations to provide for supervision of alcohol and drug treatment program participants;

C. The Department of Corrections or other appropriate organizations to provide for drug testing of alcohol and drug treatment program participants;

D. Appropriate organizations to provide for a drug and mental health court manager at each alcohol and drug treatment program location; and

E. Appropriate organizations and agencies for training of alcohol and drug treatment program staff and for evaluation of alcohol and drug treatment program operations.

§423. Reports

The Judicial Department shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters by January 15, 2002 and annually thereafter on the establishment and operation of alcohol and drug and mental health and dual diagnosis treatment programs in the courts. The report must cover at least the following:

1. Training. Judicial training;

2. Locations. Locations in which the alcohol and drug treatment programs are operated in each prosecutorial district;

3. Participating judges and justices. Judges and justices participating in the alcohol and drug treatment programs at each location;

4. Community involvement. Involvement of the local communities, including the business community and local service agencies;

5. Education. Educational components;

6. Existing resources. Use of existing substance abuse and mental health resources;

7. Statistics. Statistical summaries of each alcohol and drug treatment program;

8. Collaboration. Demonstration of the collaboration required under section 421, subsection 3, including agreements and contracts, the entities collaborating with the Judicial Department, the value of the agreements and contracts and the amount of financial assistance provided by each entity; and

9. Evaluation of programs. Evaluation of alcohol and drug treatment programs individually and overall.

SUMMARY

This bill authorizes the Judicial Department to establish mental health treatment programs in the Superior Courts and District Courts.