Bill Text: PA HR69 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proclaiming the month of May 2011 as "National Drug Treatment Court Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-11)

Status: (Passed) 2011-04-27 - Adopted (189-0) [HR69 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR69-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 570
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 69 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY DEASY, CALTAGIRONE, BOBACK, COHEN, D. COSTA, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GOODMAN, GROVE, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, JOHNSON, KAVULICH, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, KULA, MANN, MILLARD, MURT, MYERS, M. O'BRIEN, PAYNE, READSHAW, K. SMITH, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER AND WHITE, FEBRUARY 10, 2011
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 10, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Proclaiming the month of May 2011 as "National Drug Treatment
Court Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Drug treatment courts provide the focus and
leadership for communitywide, antidrug systems, bringing
together criminal justice, treatment, education and other
community partners in the fight against drug abuse and
criminality; and
WHEREAS, Drug treatment court programs combine intensive
judicial supervision, mandatory substance abuse treatment and
drug testing, escalating sanctions and incentives and offender
accountability in order to break the cycle of drug addiction,
reduce recidivism and promote public safety; and
WHEREAS, The judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys,
treatment professionals, law enforcement and corrections
personnel, researchers and educators, national and community
leaders and others dedicated to the movement have had a profound
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impact through hard work and commitment to their communities;
and
WHEREAS, The drug treatment court movement has grown
nationwide from 12 courts in 1994 to more than 2,200 drug courts
that are in operation or in the planning stages; and
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives supports the monumental
accomplishments of the Philadelphia Treatment Court, the first
established in this Commonwealth in 1997, and to date, the
Philadelphia Treatment Court has accepted more than 2,800
participants and credits 1,697 individuals with successfully
completing the intensive program; and
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives recognizes that the
Philadelphia Treatment Court has received the national
distinction as a Mentor Court from the United States Department
of Justice, 1 of only 30 mentor courts in the country; and
WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Treatment Court has hosted national
and international dignitaries, judges and court staff; therefore
be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives proclaim the
month of May 2011 as "National Drug Treatment Court Month" in
Pennsylvania, recognizing the practitioners and participants who
make drug treatment courts work and the significant
contributions that drug treatment courts have made and continue
to make in reducing drug usage and crime.
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