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Senate Judiciary Committee recommends ‘treatment court’ name change for drug courts
Summary
After a staff study and stakeholder input, the Senate Judiciary Committee gave House Bill 1030 a do-pass recommendation to replace the term “drug court” with “treatment court,” citing destigmatization and broader focus on recovery and access to services.
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended a do-pass on House Bill 1030, which would replace the term “drug court” with “treatment court” in North Dakota law. The committee voted to advance the bill after a hearing that included findings from a legislative study and testimony from judicial and human-services stakeholders.
The bill is based on a study requested in “section 55 of Senate Bill 20 12,” which asked the Supreme Court to evaluate replacing the phrase “drug court” with “wellness court” and to identify statutory changes needed for implementation. Scott Johnson, who presented the committee’s study, said a work group surveyed…
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