Bill Text: NY S02591 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the administration, function and effectiveness of the Drug Treatment Court Program during the preceding year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02591 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02591-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2591

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 23, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  212  of the judiciary law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (z) to read as follows:
     3    (z) Submit annually, on or before the fifteenth day of March,  to  the
     4  legislature  and  the  governor a report on the administration, function
     5  and effectiveness of all drug treatment courts operating in the state as
     6  part of the Drug Treatment Court Program during the preceding year. Such
     7  report shall include, but not be limited to, an accounting  of  expendi-
     8  tures  of  state, local, federal, and other funds utilized in support of
     9  the Drug Treatment Court Program.  Such report shall also include avail-
    10  able information on drug court staffing levels  and  levels  of  partic-
    11  ipation  of  community service providers, including non-profit organiza-
    12  tions,  who  provided  treatment  or  other  services  to   drug   court
    13  participants.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03818-01-3