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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
RESEARCH STAFF
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SHERYL RABIN LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH ANALYST JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Telephone: (602) 542-3171 Facsimile: (602) 542-7833 |
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
DATE: February 26, 2001
SUBJECT: Strike Everything
Amendment to S.B. 1238
Purpose
Requires the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) to develop and implement a residential drug treatment pilot program, permits a judge to order a person convicted of any specified nonviolent offense to a sentence in a residential facility that provides services through the pilot program and appropriates $2.2 million from the state general fund in FY 2001-2002 to ADC to fund a facility under the program.
Background
The amendment allows a person convicted of a nonviolent offense to be sentenced to a residential drug treatment facility for drug offenses, alcohol offenses or other offenses resulting from the person’s drug use.
The amendment appropriates $2.2 million from the state general fund in FY 2001-2002 to ADC to fund a residential facility that is licensed by the Department of Health Services (DHS) and that provides drug treatment services.
Provision
1. Requires ADC to develop and implement a pilot program for drug treatment services, to develop a policy to establish financial self-sufficiency of the pilot program and to contract with a private entity inside or outside of Arizona to provide services under the program.
2. Requires any facility under the pilot program to be licensed as a level two or level three behavioral health residential facility by DHS and requires program participants to live at the facility for the duration of the person’s treatment.
3. Allows a judge to sentence a person to a facility under the pilot program if:
4. Establishes a pilot program for a specified purpose and repeals the program on July 1, 2004.
5. Provides for a general effective date.
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