92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0633
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House Sponsors:
O'BRIEN-CURRY,JULIE-LINDNER-SOTO-MCKEON, FEIGENHOLTZ AND YARBROUGH.

Short description: 
DRUG COURT TREATMENT                                                       

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Drug Court Treatment Act. Permits the chief judge  of      
   each judicial circuit to establish a drug court program. Provides that      
   the  prosecutor  and the defendant may agree that the defendant may be      
   admitted to the program with  the  approval  of  the  court.  Contains      
   provisions  concerning  eligibility  for  the  program,  assessment of      
   defendants, and operation of the program.  Provides that the   program      
   shall  include  a  regimen  of  graduated requirements and rewards and      
   sanctions,  including  but  not  limited  to:  fines,   fees,   costs,      
   restitution,   incarceration,   individual  and  group  therapy,  drug      
   analysis testing, close monitoring  for  a  minimum  of  30  days  and      
   supervision  of  progress,  educational  or  vocational  counseling as      
   appropriate, and other requirements  necessary  to  fulfill  the  drug      
   court  program.  Sets  forth  dispositional options for defendants who      
   successfully complete the program and those who fail to do so.              
          FISCAL NOTE (Office of the Illinois Courts)                          
          House Bill 633 would increase judicial workloads and demands on      
          other resources of the judicial branch in the judicial circuits      
          that elect to establish a drug court program. It should be           
          noted, however, that the positive effects of drug court pro-         
          grams may ultimately reduce demands on other parts of the court      
          system, and that drug court programs may vary substantially          
          among the judicial circuits. Therefore, it is not possible to        
          determine the fiscal impact of HB 633 on the judicial branch at      
          this time.                                                           
          JUDICIAL NOTE (Office of the Illinois Courts)                        
          House Bill 633 would increase judicial workloads in judicial         
          circuits that choose to establish a drug court program. It is        
          not possible to determine whether the impact of the bill would       
          be to increase or decrease the number of judges needed in the        
          State.                                                               
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. (Tabled March 26, 2001)                         
        Provides that the chief judge may determine the manner in which a      
   defendant is admitted into a drug court program.  Eliminates provision      
   requiring the prosecutor to agree to the defendant's admission into  a      
   drug court program. Also eliminates provision that the prosecutor must      
   agree  that  the defendant is addicted to or of using drugs before the      
   court orders an assessment of the defendant.                                
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   0


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