HB4926 Summary

• Adds "peer recovery coach" as a type of drug court professional, along with judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, probation officer, coordinator, and treatment provider.

• Expands the definition of Veterans and Servicemembers Court professionals to include peer recovery coaches and allows the court to operate as part of a problem-solving court including drug courts or mental health courts.

• Removes the restriction prohibiting defendants previously discharged from a Veterans and Servicemembers Court program within three years from re-entering the program.

• Adds "peer recovery coach" to the definition of mental health court professionals and removes the three-year bar for defendants previously discharged from mental health court programs.

• Allows mental health court and Veterans and Servicemembers Court professionals to disclose recipient information without consent for purposes of admission, treatment, planning, or discharge under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.