MS HB287

Renames and standardizes terminology throughout Mississippi Code, changing "intervention court" to "drug intervention court," "Veterans Treatment Court" to "Veterans Intervention Court," and "Mental Health Diversion Program" to "Mental Health Intervention Court"

Requires intervention courts to collect additional data including identification of participants arrested after completing the program and total amounts of state, federal, county, or municipal monies received and spent

Mandates that third-party service providers under contract must use evidence-based or research-based programs, and all contracts must comply with state purchasing and bid laws

Allows intervention court participants with implied consent (DUI) violations to obtain restricted licenses or ignition interlock devices for driving to intervention court

Changes external evaluation requirements from every 3 years to every 5 years (as funding is available) and expands eligibility for mental health intervention courts to exclude burglary of unoccupied dwellings from disqualifying offenses