| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 62 0115 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Senate Bill 286 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Senator James of the 28th |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | To amend Titles 15 and 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts and |
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| 8 | 8 | | penal institutions respectively, so as to provide for substance abuse programs and mental2 |
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| 9 | 9 | | health treatment programs in county and municipal jails for inmates and applicants to such3 |
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| 10 | 10 | | programs; to provide for drug court divisions and mental health court divisions to establish4 |
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| 11 | 11 | | procedures for voluntary admission into such programs; to provide for rules and regulations;5 |
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| 12 | 12 | | to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.6 |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1.8 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, is amended by adding9 |
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| 16 | 16 | | new Code sections to Chapter 1, relating to general provisions, to read as follows:10 |
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| 17 | 17 | | "15-1-15.1. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) Drug court divisions shall create petitions and establish procedures for inmates and12 |
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| 20 | 20 | | applicants to voluntarily enter into substance abuse programs in county and municipal jails13 |
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| 21 | 21 | | created pursuant to Code Section 42-4-52.14 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) Upon acceptance of such petition, a drug court division shall order the petitioner to15 |
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| 23 | 23 | | participate in the substance abuse program created pursuant to Code Section 42-4-52. The16 |
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| 24 | 24 | | S. B. 286 |
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| 26 | 26 | | successful completion of the program shall be determined pursuant to the criteria17 |
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| 27 | 27 | | established in Code Section 15-1-15."18 |
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| 28 | 28 | | "15-1-16.1.19 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) Mental health court divisions shall create petitions and establish procedures for inmates20 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and applicants to voluntarily enter into mental health treatment programs in county and21 |
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| 31 | 31 | | municipal jails created pursuant to Code Section 42-4-52.22 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) Upon acceptance of such petition, a mental health court division shall order the23 |
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| 33 | 33 | | petitioner to participate in the mental health treatment program created pursuant to Code24 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 42-4-52. The successful completion of the program shall be determined pursuant25 |
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| 35 | 35 | | to the criteria established in Code Section 15-1-16."26 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2.27 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penal institutions, is amended28 |
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| 38 | 38 | | by adding a new Code section to Article 3 of Chapter 4, relating to medical services for29 |
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| 39 | 39 | | inmates, to read as follows:30 |
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| 40 | 40 | | "42-4-52.31 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (a) County and municipal jails may establish substance abuse programs and mental health32 |
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| 42 | 42 | | treatment programs for inmates and applicants from drug court divisions and mental health33 |
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| 43 | 43 | | court divisions to voluntarily enter into such programs pursuant to the rules and regulations34 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of the Department of Corrections.35 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) The Department of Corrections shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to36 |
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| 46 | 46 | | establish substance abuse programs and mental health treatment programs in the county37 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and municipal jails that opt into such programs and shall establish minimum standards for38 |
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| 48 | 48 | | such programs."39 |
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| 49 | 49 | | S. B. 286 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40 |
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| 53 | 53 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.41 |
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| 54 | 54 | | S. B. 286 |
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| 55 | 55 | | - 3 - |
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