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This bill requires notification to appropriate departments if a drug court participant tests positive for marijuana or cannabis. Under current law a drug or alcohol-dependent person may be admitted into drug court if the person was convicted of a crime that has a presumption of incarceration or a minimum period of parole ineligibility, and also meets certain eligibility criteria. The probation department or other appropriate agency designated by the court to monitor or supervise the person's special probation is required to periodically report to the court the person's progress in treatment and compliance with court-imposed terms and conditions. The treatment provider is required to promptly report to the probation department or other appropriate agency if a person fails to comply with any court-imposed term or condition of special probation or required treatment, including but not limited to, a positive drug or alcohol test, the unexcused failure to attend any session or activity, or any act that would constitute an escape. Under the bill, in notifying the probation department or other appropriate agency of a person's positive drug test, the treatment provider is required to specify if the person tests positive for marijuana or cannabis. Under the bill, if a person tests positive for marijuana or cannabis, the probation department or other appropriate agency is also required to promptly notify the appropriate division within the Department of Law and Public Safety.

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Reginald Atkins (D)*,  Shanique Speight (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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