(a) A mental health specialty court is a specialized court within the existing structure of the court system.(b) A mental health specialty court program shall offer judicial monitoring of intensive mental health treatment and strict supervision of mental health specialty court program participants.(c) The creation of a mental health specialty court and the appointment of a circuit judge to the mental health specialty court shall be approved by the administrative judge in each judicial circuit and made a part of the judicial circuit's administrative plan required by Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14.Added by Act 2017, No. 506,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
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