MS HB695

Authorizes the State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee to promulgate rules allowing the Administrative Office of Courts to provide additional funding to intervention courts based on financial needs or number of participants served

Adds mental health services as a mandatory minimum certification standard for all intervention courts and problem-solving courts, requiring courts to track and report the number of participants receiving mental health services

Expands the State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee membership to include representatives from fentanyl and drug abuse prevention and treatment communities

Expands the Office of Tobacco Control's mission to include fentanyl use and drug abuse education, prevention, and cessation programs, particularly targeting youth, following CDC guidelines

Amends the definition of "smoke" or "smoking" in public facility restrictions to include vaporizing devices and alternative nicotine products, effective July 1, 2022