7A-790. Short title. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Act of 2021." (1995, c. 507, s. 21.6(a); 1998-23, s. 9; 1998-212, s. 16.15(a); 2021-180, s. 16.5(a).)
7A-791. Purpose. The General Assembly recognizes that a critical need exists in this State for judicial programs that will reduce the incidence of alcohol and other substance abuse or dependence and crimes, including the offense of driving while impaired, delinquent acts, and child abuse and neglect committed as a result of alcohol and other substance […]
7A-792. Goals. The goals of the judicially managed accountability and recovery courts funded under this Article include the following: (1) To reduce alcoholism and other substance abuse and dependencies among adult and juvenile offenders and defendants and among respondents in juvenile petitions for abuse, neglect, or both; (2) To reduce criminal and delinquent recidivism and […]
7A-793. Establishment of Program. The North Carolina Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Program is established in the Administrative Office of the Courts to facilitate the creation, administration, and funding of local judicially managed accountability and recovery courts. The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide any necessary staff for planning, organizing, […]
7A-794. Fund administration. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall administer funding related to the North Carolina Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Program. (1995, c. 507, s. 21.6(a); 1998-23, s. 9; 1998-212, s. 16.15(a), (d); 2007-393, s. 12; 2021-180, s. 16.5(a).)
7A-795. State Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Advisory Committee. The State Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Advisory Committee is established to develop and recommend to the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts guidelines for the judicially managed accountability and recovery court program and to monitor local courts wherever they are implemented […]
7A-796. Local judicially managed accountability and recovery court committee. Each judicial district choosing to establish a judicially managed accountability and recovery court shall form a local judicially managed accountability and recovery court committee, which shall be comprised to assure representation appropriate to the type or types of judicially managed accountability and recovery court operations to […]
7A-797. Eligible population; drug treatment court procedures. The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, in conjunction with the State Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Advisory Committee, shall develop criteria for eligibility, minimum standards, and other procedural and substantive guidelines for judicially managed accountability and recovery court operation. (1995, c. 507, s. 21.6(a); […]
7A-799. Treatment not guaranteed. Nothing contained in this Article shall confer a right or an expectation of a right to treatment or recovery management for a defendant or offender within the criminal or juvenile justice system or a respondent in a juvenile petition for abuse, neglect, or both. (1995, c. 507, s. 21.6(a); 1998-23, s. […]
7A-800. Payment of costs of treatment program. Each defendant, offender, or respondent in a juvenile petition for abuse, neglect, or both, who receives treatment under a local judicially managed accountability and recovery court shall contribute to the cost of the alcohol and other substance abuse or dependency treatment received in the judicially managed accountability and […]
7A-801. Monitoring and annual report. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall monitor all State-recognized and funded local judicially managed accountability and recovery courts, prepare an annual report on the implementation, operation, and effectiveness of the statewide judicially managed accountability and recovery court program, and submit the report to the General Assembly by March 1 […]
7A-802. Exemption from Article. This Article does not apply to drug treatment courts or judicially managed accountability and recovery courts in existence on or before December 1, 2021, to the extent that compliance with this Article would disqualify the court for grant funding provided by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. (2021-180, s. 16.5(a).)
