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A3203Assembly2017-2018 Session

Report on Drug Courts Required

Official title

“Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the Drug Treatment Court Program during the preceding year”

Sponsor Jeffrion AubryAD-35+5 co-sponsorsAffects Finance
Status
In Assembly Committee
Ways And Means
Impact
2/10
Minimal
Passage
0%

Bill progress

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In committee · Ways And Means

What's happening

This bill requires the chief court administrator to submit an annual report on the Drug Treatment Court Program's operations, funding, and outcomes.

Why it matters

  1. Increases transparency and accountability. by requiring detailed annual reporting on how Drug Treatment Courts operate, including specifics about effectiveness, expenditures, and administration.

  2. Enables oversight of public spending. by mandating an accounting of all state, local, federal, and other funds used, which can inform lawmakers and the public whether resources are being used efficiently.

  3. Highlights the role of community partners. by requiring data on staffing levels and participation of community service providers, including nonprofits, which can shed light on the broader support network and collaboration around drug court participants.

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Report on Drug Courts Required

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Jeffrion Aubry

Assembly Member · Assembly District 35

History

  1. Referred to ways and means
  2. Reported referred to ways and means
  3. Referred to judiciary

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

3203

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 27, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY, WEPRIN, TITONE, PERRY, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring the chief administrator of the courts to submit an annual report on the Drug Treatment Court Program

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 212 of the judiciary law is amended by adding a new paragraph (x) to read as follows:

(x) Submit annually, on or before the fifteenth day of March, to the legislature and the governor a report on the administration, function and effectiveness of all drug treatment courts operating in the state as part of the Drug Treatment Court Program during the preceding year. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, an accounting of expenditures of state, local, federal, and other funds utilized in support of the Drug Treatment Court Program. Such report shall also include available information on drug court staffing levels and levels of participation of community service providers, including non-profit organizations, who provided treatment or other services to drug court participants.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD08243-01-7

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