SF0160

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0757 Bill No.: SF0160 Effective: Immediately LSO No.: 25LSO-0757 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0090 Chapter No.: 160 Prime Sponsor: Olsen Catch Title: Treatment courts-amendments-2. Has Report: No Subject: Amending the Court Supervised Treatment Act. Summary/Major Elements: The Court Supervised Treatment Act authorizes the Wyoming Judicial Branch to establish court supervised treatment programs for substance offenders who are in need of substance-abuse treatment. This act authorizes court supervised treatment programs to include mental health treatment under the Court Supervised Treatment Act. For purposes of this act, mental health treatment can include treatment for schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, or bipolar disorder. The act authorizes court supervised treatment programs to accept participants from around the state and authorizes the Public Defender to participate as a team member in court supervised treatment programs. This act amends the Court Supervised Treatment Act to provide that referral and participation in a court supervised treatment program, and consent to participate, is governed by rules that the Wyoming Supreme Court adopts. This act clarifies that multiple cities, towns, and counties may jointly apply to offer and provide a court supervised treatment program. Throughout this act, statutes are amended to change references of "substance abuse" to "substance use disorder." The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.