HCS/HB 219 - This act allows participants in drug courts, family courts, and veterans courts to receive medication assisted treatment under the care of a licensed physician if the participant requires such treatment for substance abuse dependence. A participant assigned to a substance abuse treatment program for substance abuse or dependence shall not be in violation of the terms or conditions of the program on the basis of his or her participation in medication assisted treatment. Additionally, the act specifies that in all cases utilizing private probation services, the cutoff concentrations utilized by the Department of Corrections regarding drug and alcohol screening for clients must be used. Further, clients must not be required to travel in excess of 50 miles in order to attend their regular probation meetings.
This act is identical to provisions contained in HCB 1 (2017), and HCS/HB 1197 (2017), and is similar to HB 710 (2017).
JOHN GRANA