(a) A judicial district may establish a mental health specialty court program, which shall consist of at least one (1) mental health specialty court, subject to approval by the Supreme Court in the administrative plan submitted under Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14. (b) A mental health specialty court program authorized under this subchapter is […]
(a) The goals of a mental health specialty court program established under this subchapter include the following: (1) Integration of mental health treatment with criminal justice system case processing; (2) Use of a nonadversarial approach in which the prosecution and defense promote public safety while protecting the right of a mental health specialty court program […]
(a) A mental health specialty court is a specialized court within the existing structure of the court system. (b) A mental health specialty court program shall offer judicial monitoring of intensive mental health treatment and strict supervision of mental health specialty court program participants. (c) The creation of a mental health specialty court and the […]
(a) A mental health specialty court program may require a separate judicial processing system differing in practice and design from the traditional adversarial criminal prosecution and trial systems. (b) (1) The administrative judge of the judicial district shall designate one (1) or more circuit judges to be mental health specialty court judges and to administer […]
(a) A person is eligible for participation in a mental health specialty court program if: (1) The person has a mental illness; (2) The person is charged with a criminal offense other than a criminal offense listed in subsection (b) of this section; (3) The person waives his or her rights to a speedy trial […]
(a) A circuit court or district court that determines, on the circuit court’s or district court’s own motion or upon application by a person charged with but not yet convicted of a criminal offense in the court, that the person may be better served in a mental health specialty court program may transfer the case […]
(a) (1) A mental health specialty court shall order mental health treatment for a mental health specialty court program participant for at least six (6) months. (2) Any mental health treatment ordered under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall meet the minimum standards of mental health treatment promulgated by the Division of Aging, Adult, and […]
(a) Upon the mental health specialty court’s own motion or upon a request from a mental health specialty court program participant or his or her attorney, a mental health specialty court may order dismissal of the case against the mental health specialty court program participant and the sealing of the record if: (1) The mental […]
(a) The mental health specialty court may order the mental health specialty court program participant to pay: (1) Court costs as provided in § 16-10-305; (2) Healthcare and treatment costs not otherwise covered by the health insurance of the mental health specialty court program participant; (3) Drug testing costs; (4) A mental health specialty court […]
