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Committee approves bill to let juvenile courts adopt voluntary family treatment specialty courts
Summary
House Bill 1144, presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee, would authorize voluntary family treatment specialty courts in the juvenile division to provide intensive supervision, a treatment coordinator, and supplemental services; pilots exist in Jefferson, Lawrence and Benton counties and the committee approved the bill on a voice vote.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 1144, a bill to establish voluntary family treatment specialty courts in the juvenile division that provide intensive supervision, coordinated services, and a dedicated treatment coordinator to follow up on referrals.
Senator Stubblefield asked Kristen Clark of the Administrative Office of the Courts to present the bill. Clark said the bill grew from the Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee and would create a family treatment specialty court track that supplements dependency-neglect proceedings with additional services and intensive supervision for…
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