Treatment Court Committee / Executive Committee

This committee was formed in relation to Idaho Code section 19-5606, which directs it to “establish a drug court and mental health implementation plan and oversee ongoing drug court and mental health programs. The implementation plan shall include a strategy to forge partnerships among drug courts and mental health courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations to enhance drug court effectiveness. The committee shall also develop guidelines for drug courts and mental health courts addressing eligibility, identification and screening, assessment, treatment and treatment providers, case management and supervision, and evaluation. The committee shall also solicit specific drug court and mental health court plans, and recommend funding priorities and decisions per judicial district, pursue all available alternate funding, provide technical assistance, develop procedural manuals, and schedule training opportunities for the drug court and mental health court teams, design an evaluation strategy, including participation in the statewide substance abuse evaluation plan; and design an automated drug court and mental health court management information system, which promotes information sharing with other entities.”