HB3057 SFAT #1 Trump 3-7

Smith  7883

Senator Trump moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub, for House Bill 3057—A Bill to amend and reenact §62-15-9a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §62-15B-1 and §62-15B-2, all relating generally to drug courts; removing certain restrictions on Drug Court Participation Fund expenditures; providing for disposition of moneys from said fund at the end of a fiscal year; permitting the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia to create a family drug treatment court pilot program; permitting the implementation of a family drug treatment court pilot program in at least four circuits; restricting family drug treatment courts to individuals with substance use disorders who are involved in a child abuse and neglect case; permitting the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia provide oversight, technical assistance and training; establishing a state family drug treatment court advisory committee; establishing a local family drug treatment court advisory committee; requiring each local family drug treatment court advisory committee to establish criteria for the eligibility and participation of adult responders who have been adjudicated to be an abusive or neglectful parent and who have been granted a post-adjudicatory improvement period and who have a substance use disorder; prohibiting certain respondents from being eligible for participation in a family drug treatment court; and providing that participation by an adult respondent in a family drug treatment court shall be voluntary and made pursuant only to a written agreement by and between the adult respondent and the department with the concurrence of the court.

Adopted

Rejected