RD418 - Virginia Drug Treatment Courts: Substance Use Treatment Pilots – October 1, 2019


Executive Summary:

The Virginia 2019-2020 State Budget (Items 38 H. #4 & #6), see Appendix A, directs the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) of the Supreme Court of Virginia to report the results of the pilot programs, as well as recommendations for expansion of the pilot program to other drug courts, to the Secretaries of Public Safety and Homeland Security and Health and Human Resources, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget, the Chairman of the Virginia State Crime Commission, and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees. This report includes the pilot programs of Henrico, Norfolk, and Bristol.