Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the administration, function and effectiveness of the Drug Treatment Court Program during the preceding year.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2591
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 23, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring the chief
administrator of the courts to submit an annual report on the Drug
Treatment Court Program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 212 of the judiciary law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (z) to read as follows:
3 (z) Submit annually, on or before the fifteenth day of March, to the
4 legislature and the governor a report on the administration, function
5 and effectiveness of all drug treatment courts operating in the state as
6 part of the Drug Treatment Court Program during the preceding year. Such
7 report shall include, but not be limited to, an accounting of expendi-
8 tures of state, local, federal, and other funds utilized in support of
9 the Drug Treatment Court Program. Such report shall also include avail-
10 able information on drug court staffing levels and levels of partic-
11 ipation of community service providers, including non-profit organiza-
12 tions, who provided treatment or other services to drug court
13 participants.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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