BILL · 2005–06 SESSION · LATEST VERSION E2SHB 2015
HB 2015: Substance abuse treatment
Revising the special drug offender sentencing alternative.
Summary
Creates a new residential chemical dependency treatment-based alternative Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative (DOSA) program in addition to the original prison-based DOSA, where a nonviolent offender with a substance abuse addiction can be sentenced to community custody along with supervised residential chemical dependency treatment.
Authorizes courts to sentence a nonviolent offender with a substance abuse addiction to either the current prison-based DOSA or the new residential chemical dependency treatment-based alternative.
Prohibits an offender from participating in any DOSA program if he or she has been convicted of a violent offense in the last 10 years or a sex offense at any time.
Requires the court to order an examination report along with a treatment plan if it is determined that an offender is eligible for a DOSA sentence.
Authorizes the courts to bring a DOSA offender back into court at any time to evaluate the offender's progress in treatment or to determine whether any of the conditions of the sentence have been violated.
Requires the court to schedule a termination hearing for three months prior to the expiration of the offender's residential chemical dependency DOSA sentence.
From the Second Substitute House Bill Report (2SHB 2015), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗