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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Drug Court Treatment Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10 and by adding Section 55 as follows:
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6 | (730 ILCS 166/10)
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7 | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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8 | "Certification" means the process by which a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | problem-solving court obtains approval from the Supreme Court | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | to operate in accordance with the Problem-Solving Court | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Standards. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Clinical treatment plan" means an evidence-based, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | comprehensive, and individualized plan that: (i) is developed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | by a qualified professional in accordance with the Department | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | of Human Services substance use prevention and recovery rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | under 77 Ill. Adm. Code 2060 or an equivalent standard in any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | state where treatment may take place; and (ii) defines the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | scope of treatment services to be delivered by a court | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | treatment provider. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Combination drug court program" means a type of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | problem-solving court that allows an individual to enter a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | problem-solving court before a plea, conviction, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | disposition while also permitting an individual who has |
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1 | admitted guilt, or been found guilty, to enter a | ||||||
2 | problem-solving court as a part of the individual's sentence | ||||||
3 | or disposition. | ||||||
4 | "Community behavioral health center" means a physical site | ||||||
5 | where behavioral healthcare services are provided in | ||||||
6 | accordance with the Community Behavioral Health Center | ||||||
7 | Infrastructure Act. | ||||||
8 | "Community mental health center" means an entity: | ||||||
9 | (1) licensed by the Department of Public Health as a | ||||||
10 | community mental health center in accordance with the | ||||||
11 | conditions of participation for community mental health | ||||||
12 | centers established by the Centers for Medicare and | ||||||
13 | Medicaid Services; and | ||||||
14 | (2) that provides outpatient services, including | ||||||
15 | specialized outpatient services, for individuals who are | ||||||
16 | chronically mental ill. | ||||||
17 | "Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders | ||||||
18 | court program" means a program that includes an individual | ||||||
19 | with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder | ||||||
20 | diagnoses and professionals with training and experience in | ||||||
21 | treating individuals with diagnoses of substance use disorder | ||||||
22 | and mental illness. | ||||||
23 | "Drug court", "drug court program", "court", or "program" | ||||||
24 | means a specially designated court, court calendar, or docket | ||||||
25 | facilitating intensive therapeutic treatment to monitor and | ||||||
26 | assist participants with substance use disorders in making |
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1 | positive lifestyle changes and reducing the rate of | ||||||
2 | recidivism. Drug court programs are nonadversarial in nature | ||||||
3 | and bring together substance use disorder professionals, local | ||||||
4 | social programs, and monitoring in accordance with the | ||||||
5 | nationally recommended 10 key components of drug courts and | ||||||
6 | the Problem-Solving Court Standards. Common features of a drug | ||||||
7 | court program include, but are not limited to, a designated | ||||||
8 | judge and staff; specialized intake and screening procedures; | ||||||
9 | coordinated treatment procedures administered by a trained, | ||||||
10 | multidisciplinary professional team; close evaluation of | ||||||
11 | participants, including continued assessments and modification | ||||||
12 | of the court requirements and use of sanctions, incentives, | ||||||
13 | and therapeutic adjustments to address behavior; frequent | ||||||
14 | judicial interaction with participants; less formal court | ||||||
15 | process and procedures; voluntary participation; and a low | ||||||
16 | treatment staff-to-client ratio.
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17 | "Drug court professional" means a member of the drug court | ||||||
18 | team, including but not limited to
a judge, prosecutor, | ||||||
19 | defense attorney,
probation officer, coordinator, or treatment | ||||||
20 | provider.
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21 | "Peer recovery coach" means a mentor assigned to a | ||||||
22 | defendant during participation in a drug treatment court | ||||||
23 | program who has been trained by the court, a service provider | ||||||
24 | used by the court for substance use disorder or mental health | ||||||
25 | treatment, a local service provider with an established peer | ||||||
26 | recovery coach or mentor program not otherwise used by the |
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1 | court for treatment, or a Certified Recovery Support | ||||||
2 | Specialist certified by the Illinois Certification Board. | ||||||
3 | "Peer recovery coach" includes individuals with lived | ||||||
4 | experiences of the issues the problem-solving court seeks to | ||||||
5 | address, including, but not limited to, substance use | ||||||
6 | disorder, mental illness, and co-occurring disorders or | ||||||
7 | involvement with the criminal justice system. "Peer recovery | ||||||
8 | coach" includes individuals required to guide and mentor the | ||||||
9 | participant to successfully complete assigned requirements and | ||||||
10 | to facilitate participants' independence for continued success | ||||||
11 | once the supports of the court are no longer available to them. | ||||||
12 | "Post-adjudicatory drug court program" means a program | ||||||
13 | that allows an individual who has admitted
guilt
or has been | ||||||
14 | found guilty, with the defendant's consent, and the approval | ||||||
15 | of the court, to enter a
drug
court program as part of the | ||||||
16 | defendant's sentence or disposition. | ||||||
17 | "Pre-adjudicatory drug court program" means a program that | ||||||
18 | allows
the defendant,
with the defendant's consent and the | ||||||
19 | approval of the court, to enter the drug court program before | ||||||
20 | plea, conviction, or disposition and requires successful
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21 | completion of the drug court program as part of the agreement. | ||||||
22 | "Problem-solving court" means any and all mental health | ||||||
23 | court treatment, Veterans and Servicemembers Court treatment, | ||||||
24 | and drug court treatment departments in a judicial circuit. | ||||||
25 | "Problem-Solving Court Standards" means the statewide | ||||||
26 | standards adopted by the Supreme Court that set forth the |
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1 | minimum requirements for the planning, establishment, | ||||||
2 | certification, operation, and evaluation of all | ||||||
3 | problem-solving courts in this State. | ||||||
4 | "Transferred" means the transfer of any case in which an | ||||||
5 | adult or
juvenile offender seeks to have problem-solving court | ||||||
6 | treatment transferred from
one county to the county in
this | ||||||
7 | State in which the offender resides, and the transfer is | ||||||
8 | approved by a judge. | ||||||
9 | "Validated clinical assessment" means a validated | ||||||
10 | assessment tool administered by a qualified clinician to | ||||||
11 | determine the treatment needs of participants. "Validated | ||||||
12 | clinical assessment" includes assessment tools required by | ||||||
13 | public or private insurance.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 102-1041, eff. 6-2-22.)
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15 | (730 ILCS 166/55 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 55. Transfer. Jurisdiction may be transferred from | ||||||
17 | the sentencing court to the problem-solving court circuit in | ||||||
18 | which the offender resides at the concurrence of both courts. | ||||||
19 | The court to which jurisdiction has been transferred shall | ||||||
20 | have the same powers as the sentencing court. The | ||||||
21 | problem-solving court department within the circuit to which | ||||||
22 | jurisdiction has been transferred may impose problem-solving | ||||||
23 | court fees upon receiving the transferred offender as defined | ||||||
24 | in Section 10. After the transfer all problem-solving court | ||||||
25 | fees shall be paid to the problem-solving court department |
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1 | within the circuit to which jurisdiction has been transferred. | ||||||
2 | Section 10. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court
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3 | Treatment Act is amended by changing Section 10 and by adding | ||||||
4 | Section 95 as follows: | ||||||
5 | (730 ILCS 167/10)
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6 | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
7 | "Certification" means the process by which a | ||||||
8 | problem-solving court obtains approval from the Supreme Court | ||||||
9 | to operate in accordance with the Problem-Solving Court | ||||||
10 | Standards. | ||||||
11 | "Clinical treatment plan" means an evidence-based, | ||||||
12 | comprehensive, and individualized plan that: (i) is developed | ||||||
13 | by a qualified professional in accordance with the Department | ||||||
14 | of Human Services substance use prevention and recovery rules | ||||||
15 | under 77 Ill. Adm. Code 2060 or an equivalent standard in any | ||||||
16 | state where treatment may take place; and (ii) defines the | ||||||
17 | scope of treatment services to be delivered by a court | ||||||
18 | treatment provider. | ||||||
19 | "Combination Veterans and Servicemembers court program" | ||||||
20 | means a type of problem-solving court that allows an | ||||||
21 | individual to enter a problem-solving court before a plea, | ||||||
22 | conviction, or disposition while also permitting an individual | ||||||
23 | who has admitted guilt, or been found guilty, to enter a | ||||||
24 | problem-solving court as a part of the individual's sentence |
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1 | or disposition.
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2 | "Community behavioral health center" means a physical site | ||||||
3 | where behavioral healthcare services are provided in | ||||||
4 | accordance with the Community Behavioral Health Center | ||||||
5 | Infrastructure Act. | ||||||
6 | "Community mental health center" means an entity: | ||||||
7 | (1) licensed by the Department of Public Health as a | ||||||
8 | community mental health center in accordance with the | ||||||
9 | conditions of participation for community mental health | ||||||
10 | centers established by the Centers for Medicare and | ||||||
11 | Medicaid Services; and | ||||||
12 | (2) that provides outpatient services, including | ||||||
13 | specialized outpatient services, for individuals who are | ||||||
14 | chronically mental ill. | ||||||
15 | "Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders | ||||||
16 | court program" means a program that includes an individual | ||||||
17 | with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder | ||||||
18 | diagnoses and professionals with training and experience in | ||||||
19 | treating individuals with diagnoses of substance use disorder | ||||||
20 | and mental illness. | ||||||
21 | "Court" means veterans and servicemembers court. | ||||||
22 | "IDVA" means the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. | ||||||
23 | "Peer recovery coach" means a veteran mentor as defined | ||||||
24 | nationally by Justice for Vets and assigned to a veteran or | ||||||
25 | servicemember during participation in a veteran treatment | ||||||
26 | court program who has been approved by the court, and trained |
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1 | according to curriculum recommended by Justice for Vets, a | ||||||
2 | service provider used by the court for substance use disorder | ||||||
3 | or mental health treatment, a local service provider with an | ||||||
4 | established peer recovery coach or mentor program not | ||||||
5 | otherwise used by the court for treatment, or a Certified | ||||||
6 | Recovery Support Specialist certified by the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Certification Board. "Peer recovery coach" includes | ||||||
8 | individuals with lived experiences of the issues the | ||||||
9 | problem-solving court seeks to address, including, but not | ||||||
10 | limited to, substance use disorder, mental illness, and | ||||||
11 | co-occurring disorders or involvement with the criminal | ||||||
12 | justice system. "Peer recovery coach" includes individuals | ||||||
13 | required to guide and mentor the participant to successfully | ||||||
14 | complete assigned requirements and to facilitate participants' | ||||||
15 | independence for continued success once the supports of the | ||||||
16 | court are no longer available to them. | ||||||
17 | "Post-adjudicatory veterans and servicemembers court | ||||||
18 | program" means a program that allows a defendant who has | ||||||
19 | admitted guilt or has been found guilty and agrees, with the | ||||||
20 | defendant's consent, and the approval of the court, to enter a | ||||||
21 | veterans and servicemembers court program as part of the | ||||||
22 | defendant's
sentence or disposition.
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23 | "Pre-adjudicatory veterans and servicemembers court | ||||||
24 | program" means a program that
allows the defendant, with the | ||||||
25 | defendant's consent and the approval of the court, to enter | ||||||
26 | the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program before plea, |
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1 | conviction, or disposition and requires successful completion | ||||||
2 | of
the Veterans and Servicemembers Court programs as part of | ||||||
3 | the agreement.
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4 | "Problem-solving court" means any and all mental health | ||||||
5 | court treatment, Veterans and Servicemembers Court treatment, | ||||||
6 | and drug court treatment departments in a judicial circuit. | ||||||
7 | "Problem-Solving Court Standards" means the statewide | ||||||
8 | standards adopted by the Supreme Court that set forth the | ||||||
9 | minimum requirements for the planning, establishment, | ||||||
10 | certification, operation, and evaluation of all | ||||||
11 | problem-solving courts in this State. | ||||||
12 | "Servicemember" means a person who is currently serving in | ||||||
13 | the Army, Air Force,
Marines, Navy, or Coast Guard on active | ||||||
14 | duty, reserve status or in the National Guard.
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15 | "Transferred" means the transfer of any case in which an | ||||||
16 | adult or
juvenile offender seeks to have problem-solving court | ||||||
17 | treatment transferred from
one county to the county in
this | ||||||
18 | State in which the offender resides, and the transfer is | ||||||
19 | approved by a judge. | ||||||
20 | "VA" means the United States Department of Veterans' | ||||||
21 | Affairs. | ||||||
22 | "VAC" means a veterans assistance commission. | ||||||
23 | "Validated clinical assessment" means a validated | ||||||
24 | assessment tool administered by a qualified clinician to | ||||||
25 | determine the treatment needs of participants. "Validated | ||||||
26 | clinical assessment" includes assessment tools required by |
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1 | public or private insurance. | ||||||
2 | "Veteran" means a person who previously served as an | ||||||
3 | active servicemember.
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4 | "Veterans and servicemembers court professional" means a | ||||||
5 | member of the veterans and servicemembers court team, | ||||||
6 | including, but not limited to, a judge, prosecutor, defense
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7 | attorney, probation officer, coordinator, treatment provider.
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8 | "Veterans and servicemembers court", "veterans and | ||||||
9 | servicemembers court program", "court", or "program" means a | ||||||
10 | specially designated court, court calendar, or docket | ||||||
11 | facilitating intensive therapeutic treatment to monitor and | ||||||
12 | assist veteran or servicemember participants with substance | ||||||
13 | use disorder, mental illness, co-occurring disorders, or other | ||||||
14 | assessed treatment needs of eligible veteran and servicemember | ||||||
15 | participants and in making positive lifestyle changes and | ||||||
16 | reducing the rate of recidivism. Veterans and servicemembers | ||||||
17 | court programs are nonadversarial in nature and bring
together | ||||||
18 | substance use disorder professionals, mental health | ||||||
19 | professionals, VA professionals, local
social programs, and | ||||||
20 | intensive judicial monitoring in accordance with the | ||||||
21 | nationally
recommended 10 key components of veterans treatment | ||||||
22 | courts and the Problem-Solving Court Standards. Common | ||||||
23 | features of a veterans and servicemembers court program | ||||||
24 | include, but are not limited to, a designated judge and staff; | ||||||
25 | specialized intake and screening procedures; coordinated | ||||||
26 | treatment procedures administered by a trained, |
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1 | multidisciplinary professional team; close evaluation of | ||||||
2 | participants, including continued assessments and modification | ||||||
3 | of the court requirements and use of sanctions, incentives, | ||||||
4 | and therapeutic adjustments to address behavior; frequent | ||||||
5 | judicial interaction with participants; less formal court | ||||||
6 | process and procedures; voluntary participation; and a low | ||||||
7 | treatment staff-to-client ratio.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 102-1041, eff. 6-2-22.) | ||||||
9 | (730 ILCS 167/95 new) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 95. Transfers. Jurisdiction may be transferred from | ||||||
11 | the sentencing court to the problem-solving court circuit in | ||||||
12 | which the offender resides at the concurrence of both courts. | ||||||
13 | The court to which jurisdiction has been transferred shall | ||||||
14 | have the same powers as the sentencing court. The | ||||||
15 | problem-solving court department within the circuit to which | ||||||
16 | jurisdiction has been transferred may impose problem-solving | ||||||
17 | court fees upon receiving the transferred offender as defined | ||||||
18 | in Section 10. After the transfer all problem-solving court | ||||||
19 | fees shall be paid to the problem-solving court department | ||||||
20 | within the circuit to which jurisdiction has been transferred.
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21 | Section 15. The Mental Health Court Treatment Act is | ||||||
22 | amended by changing Section 10 and by adding Section 55 as | ||||||
23 | follows: |
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1 | (730 ILCS 168/10)
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2 | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
3 | "Certification" means the process by which a | ||||||
4 | problem-solving court obtains approval from the Supreme Court | ||||||
5 | to operate in accordance with the Problem-Solving Court | ||||||
6 | Standards. | ||||||
7 | "Clinical treatment plan" means an evidence-based, | ||||||
8 | comprehensive, and individualized plan that: (i) is developed | ||||||
9 | by a qualified professional in accordance with Department of | ||||||
10 | Human Services substance use prevention and recovery rules | ||||||
11 | under 77 Ill. Adm. Code 2060 or an equivalent standard in any | ||||||
12 | state where treatment may take place; and (ii) defines the | ||||||
13 | scope of treatment services to be delivered by a court | ||||||
14 | treatment provider. | ||||||
15 | "Combination mental health court program" means a type of | ||||||
16 | problem-solving court that allows an individual to enter a | ||||||
17 | problem-solving court before a plea, conviction, or | ||||||
18 | disposition while also permitting an individual who has | ||||||
19 | admitted guilt, or been found guilty, to enter a | ||||||
20 | problem-solving court as a part of the individual's sentence | ||||||
21 | or disposition. | ||||||
22 | "Community behavioral health center" means a physical site | ||||||
23 | where behavioral healthcare services are provided in | ||||||
24 | accordance with the Community Behavioral Health Center | ||||||
25 | Infrastructure Act. | ||||||
26 | "Community mental health center" means an entity: |
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1 | (1) licensed by the Department of Public Health as a | ||||||
2 | community mental health center in accordance with the | ||||||
3 | conditions of participation for community mental health | ||||||
4 | centers established by the Centers for Medicare and | ||||||
5 | Medicaid Services; and | ||||||
6 | (2) that provides outpatient services, including | ||||||
7 | specialized outpatient services, for individuals who are | ||||||
8 | chronically mental ill. | ||||||
9 | "Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders | ||||||
10 | court program" means a program that includes an individual | ||||||
11 | with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder | ||||||
12 | diagnoses and professionals with training and experience in | ||||||
13 | treating individuals with diagnoses of substance use disorder | ||||||
14 | and mental illness. | ||||||
15 | "Mental health court", "mental health court program", | ||||||
16 | "court", or "program" means a specially designated court, | ||||||
17 | court calendar, or docket facilitating intensive therapeutic | ||||||
18 | treatment to monitor and assist participants with mental | ||||||
19 | illness in making positive lifestyle changes and reducing the | ||||||
20 | rate of recidivism. Mental health court programs are | ||||||
21 | nonadversarial in nature and bring together mental health | ||||||
22 | professionals and local social programs in accordance with the | ||||||
23 | Bureau of Justice Assistance and Council of State Governments | ||||||
24 | Justice Center's Essential Elements of a Mental Health Court | ||||||
25 | and the Problem-Solving Court Standards. Common features of a | ||||||
26 | mental health court program include, but are not limited to, a |
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1 | designated judge and staff; specialized intake and screening | ||||||
2 | procedures; coordinated treatment procedures administered by a | ||||||
3 | trained, multidisciplinary professional team; close evaluation | ||||||
4 | of participants, including continued assessments and | ||||||
5 | modification of the court requirements and use of sanctions, | ||||||
6 | incentives, and therapeutic adjustments to address behavior; | ||||||
7 | frequent judicial interaction with participants; less formal | ||||||
8 | court process and procedures; voluntary participation; and a | ||||||
9 | low treatment staff-to-client ratio. | ||||||
10 | "Mental health court professional" means a member of the | ||||||
11 | mental health court team, including
but not limited to a | ||||||
12 | judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, probation officer, | ||||||
13 | coordinator, or treatment provider. | ||||||
14 | "Peer recovery coach" means a mentor assigned to a | ||||||
15 | defendant during participation in a mental health treatment | ||||||
16 | court program who has been trained by the court, a service | ||||||
17 | provider used by the court for substance use disorder or | ||||||
18 | mental health treatment, a local service provider with an | ||||||
19 | established peer recovery coach or mentor program not | ||||||
20 | otherwise used by the court for treatment, or a Certified | ||||||
21 | Recovery Support Specialist certified by the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Certification Board. "Peer recovery coach" includes | ||||||
23 | individuals with lived experiences of the issues the | ||||||
24 | problem-solving court seeks to address, including, but not | ||||||
25 | limited to, substance use disorder, mental illness, and | ||||||
26 | co-occurring disorders or involvement with the criminal |
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1 | justice system. "Peer recovery coach" includes individuals | ||||||
2 | required to guide and mentor the participant to successfully | ||||||
3 | complete assigned requirements and to facilitate participants' | ||||||
4 | independence for continued success once the supports of the | ||||||
5 | court are no longer available to them. | ||||||
6 | "Post-adjudicatory mental health court program" means a | ||||||
7 | program that allows an individual who has admitted
guilt
or | ||||||
8 | has been found guilty, with the defendant's consent, and the | ||||||
9 | approval of the court, to enter a
mental health
court program | ||||||
10 | as part of the defendant's sentence or disposition. | ||||||
11 | "Pre-adjudicatory mental health court program" means a | ||||||
12 | program that allows
the defendant,
with the defendant's | ||||||
13 | consent and the approval of the court, to enter the mental | ||||||
14 | health court program before plea, conviction, or disposition | ||||||
15 | and requires successful
completion of the mental health court | ||||||
16 | program as part of the agreement. | ||||||
17 | "Problem-solving court" means any and all mental health | ||||||
18 | court treatment, Veterans and Servicemembers Court treatment, | ||||||
19 | and drug court treatment departments in a judicial circuit. | ||||||
20 | "Problem-Solving Court Standards" means the statewide | ||||||
21 | standards adopted by the Supreme Court that set forth the | ||||||
22 | minimum requirements for the planning, establishment, | ||||||
23 | certification, operation, and evaluation of all | ||||||
24 | problem-solving courts in this State. | ||||||
25 | "Transferred" means the transfer of any case in which an | ||||||
26 | adult or
juvenile offender seeks to have problem-solving court |
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1 | treatment transferred from
one county to the county in
this | ||||||
2 | State in which the offender resides, and the transfer is | ||||||
3 | approved by a judge. | ||||||
4 | "Validated clinical assessment" means a validated | ||||||
5 | assessment tool administered by a qualified clinician to | ||||||
6 | determine the treatment needs of participants. "Validated | ||||||
7 | clinical assessment" includes assessment tools required by | ||||||
8 | public or private insurance.
| ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 102-1041, eff. 6-2-22.) | ||||||
10 | (730 ILCS 168/55 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 55. Transfers. Jurisdiction may be transferred from | ||||||
12 | the sentencing court to the problem-solving court circuit in | ||||||
13 | which the offender resides at the concurrence of both courts. | ||||||
14 | The court to which jurisdiction has been transferred shall | ||||||
15 | have the same powers as the sentencing court. The | ||||||
16 | problem-solving court department within the circuit to which | ||||||
17 | jurisdiction has been transferred may impose problem-solving | ||||||
18 | court fees upon receiving the transferred offender as defined | ||||||
19 | in Section 10. After the transfer all problem-solving court | ||||||
20 | fees shall be paid to the problem-solving court department | ||||||
21 | within the circuit to which jurisdiction has been transferred.
|