2017 House Bill 4870

Mandate drug treatment acceptance for opioid dependent in drug court

Introduced in the House

Aug. 16, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Klint Kesto (R-39)

To authorize imposing mandatory medical treatment as a condition of an opioid-dependent person participating in a drug court program participants. Drug courts integrate drug treatment with justice system case processing in a non-adversarial approach.

Referred to the Committee on Law and Justice