Section 421.506 - Intensive alternative incarceration addiction program; requirements The Department of Corrections shall establish an intensive alternative incarceration addiction program. The program shall:
(1) Address addiction as a chronic disease, recognizing that participants have individualized needs and different recovery progressions;(2) Require compliance with program rules;(3) Include a range of professional treatment services, recovery activities, engagement with peer mentors, educational and vocational services and self-help groups;(4) Provide addiction treatment that incorporates proven, research-based interventions;(5) Be trauma-informed and gender-responsive; and(6) Be at least 270 days' duration.Amended by 2023 Ch. 108,§ 4, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2021 Ch. 501, § 6, eff. 7/14/2021.