No. CS/CS/HB 199
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Veterans Affairs; Revises admissions process for veterans treatment court programs; authorizes court, in consultation with multidisciplinary team, to determine eligibility for veterans treatment court programs; requires court to consider recommendation of state attorney when making eligibility determination; authorizes sentencing courts to divert defendants to veterans treatment court programs under certain circumstances; requires certain notice be provided to defendants; provides for disposition of probation or community control violations by program participants.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill shifts the power to approve veterans for treatment court from the state attorney to the judge, who must consult a multidisciplinary team.
It also lets judges divert convicted veterans charged with nonviolent felonies into these programs as a condition of probation or community control.
Defendants must be fully advised of the program's purpose and must agree to enter it before the court relinquishes jurisdiction.
AIShifts the decision to approve a defendant for the program from the state attorney to the court, working with a multidisciplinary team.
AIRequires the court to consider the state attorney's recommendation when deciding if a defendant's participation serves the interest of justice.
AIAllows sentencing courts to place defendants convicted of nonviolent felonies into veterans treatment court programs as a condition of probation or community control.
AIRequires the veterans treatment court judge, rather than the original sentencing court, to hear and dispose of probation or community control violations by program participants.