§62-15-9. Governance
(a) The Supreme Court of Appeals will be responsible for court funding, administration, and continuance or discontinuance of drug courts, mental health courts, or other problem-solving courts. The administrative director, or his or her designee, will oversee the planning, implementation, and development of these courts as the administrative arm of the Supreme Court of Appeals. […]
§62-15-9a. Adult Drug Court Participation Fund
(a) The special revenue fund created within the State Treasury designated the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund to be administered by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is hereby continued. The fund shall consist of moneys received from individuals participating in an adult drug court program. (b) All moneys collected by the Administrator of […]
§62-15-10. Program Integrity and Offender Accountability
(a) Drug courts shall collect and maintain the following information and any other information required by the Supreme Court of Appeals or its administrative office: (1) Prior criminal history;
§62-15-11. Funding
(a) Each drug court with the guidance of the Supreme Court of Appeals may establish a schedule for the payment of reasonable fees and costs necessary to conduct the program; (b) Nothing in this article shall prohibit local advisory committees or drug court teams from obtaining supplemental funds or exploring grants to support drug courts. […]
§62-15-12. Immunity From Liability
(a) Any individual who, in good faith, provides services pursuant to this article shall not be liable in any civil action. The grant of immunity provided in this subsection shall extend to all employees and administrative personnel. (b) Any qualified person who obtains, in a medically accepted manner, a specimen of breath, blood, urine, or […]
§62-15-13. Statutory Construction
The provisions of this article shall be construed to effectuate its remedial purposes.
§62-15-1. Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "West Virginia Drug Offender Accountability and Treatment Act".
§62-15-2. Definitions
For the purposes of this article: (1) "Assessment" means a diagnostic evaluation to determine whether and to what extent a person is a drug offender under this article and would benefit from its provisions. The assessment shall be conducted in accordance with the standardized risk and needs assessment and risk cut-off scores adopted by the […]
§62-15-3. Policy and Goals
The Legislature recognizes that a critical need exists in this state for the criminal justice system to reduce the incidence of substance abuse and the crimes resulting from it. For the criminal justice system to maintain credibility, all drug offenders must be held accountable for their actions. A growing body of research demonstrates the impact […]
§62-15-4. Court Authorization and Structure
(a) Each judicial circuit or two or more adjoining judicial circuits may establish a drug court or regional drug court program under which drug offenders will be processed to address appropriately, the identified substance abuse problem as a condition of pretrial release, probation, incarceration, parole or other release from a correctional facility: Provided, That all […]