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AL SB410
Bill
Status
4/8/2010
Primary Sponsor
Rodger Smitherman
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AI Summary
SB410 Summary: Alabama Drug Offender Accountability Act
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Authorizes the presiding judge of each judicial circuit, with district attorney consent, to establish drug courts to address substance abuse problems of drug offenders through pretrial release, probation, or other correctional alternatives.
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Requires drug courts to implement ten key components including integration of treatment services with case processing, non-adversarial approach, frequent drug testing, judicial oversight, and interdisciplinary education.
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Establishes eligibility screening and assessment procedures for drug offenders, with referrals to Department of Mental Health-certified treatment programs based on individualized needs.
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Requires the Administrative Office of Courts to assist with drug court planning, implementation, and development statewide, and to provide annual reports to the legislature on program effectiveness and outcomes.
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Provides civil immunity for individuals providing drug court services in good faith, excludes commercial driver's license holders from participation, and becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage.
Legislative Description
Drug courts, presiding judge of judicial circuit authorized to establish, drug offenders, screening, treatment, support services, and drug testing, referrals to certain programs for treatment, Administrative Office of Courts required to assist in planning, developing, and implementing of drug courts, civil immunity, Drug Offender Accountability Act
Drug Courts
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Government Appropriations
4/8/2010