What's happening
This bill requires the chief court administrator to submit an annual report on New York's Drug Treatment Court Program, detailing expenditures, staffing, and service provider involvement.
Why it matters
Promotes transparency and accountability. by mandating detailed annual reporting on how state, local, federal, and other funds are spent in the Drug Treatment Court Program, allowing the public and policymakers to see exactly where resources are going.
Sheds light on staffing and service capacity. in drug treatment courts, including how many people are employed and the extent to which community service providers and non-profits are involved, which could influence future funding or policy changes.
Offers a clearer picture of program effectiveness. by requiring specific information about the administration and function of drug treatment courts, enabling better evaluation of whether these courts are achieving their intended goals (such as reducing recidivism and improving treatment outcomes).
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Report on Drug Courts Required
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Sponsors
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Print number 3983a
- Amend and recommit to judiciary
- Referred to judiciary
- Referred to judiciary
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Annual Drug Court Report Required
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3983--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY, L. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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 (y) to read as follows:
(y) 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.
LBD08078-02-0
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