Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 705 - COURTS
705 ILCS 410/ - Juvenile Drug Court Treatment Act.

(705 ILCS 410/1)
Sec. 1.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Juvenile Drug Court Treatment Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03.)

(705 ILCS 410/5)
Sec. 5.
Purposes.
The General Assembly recognizes that
the use and abuse of drugs has a dramatic effect on the
juvenile justice system in the State of Illinois. There is a
critical need for a juvenile justice system program that will
reduce the incidence of drug use, drug addiction, and crimes
committed as a result of drug use and drug addiction. It is
the intent of the General Assembly to create specialized drug
courts with the necessary flexibility to meet the drug
problems in the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03.)

(705 ILCS 410/10)
Sec. 10.
Definitions.
As used in this Act:
"Drug court", "drug court program", or "program" means an
immediate and highly structured judicial intervention process
for substance abuse treatment of eligible minors that
brings together substance abuse professionals, local social
programs, and intensive judicial monitoring in accordance
with the nationally recommended 10 key components of drug
courts.
"Drug court professional" means a judge, prosecutor,
defense attorney, probation officer, or treatment provider
involved with the drug court program.
"Pre-adjudicatory drug court program" means a program
that allows the minor, with the consent of the
prosecution, to expedite the minor's delinquency case and requires
successful completion of the drug court program as part of
the agreement.
"Post-adjudicatory drug court program" means a program in
which the minor has admitted guilt or has been found
guilty and agrees, along with the prosecution, to enter a
drug court program as part of the minor's disposition.
"Combination drug court program" means a drug court
program that includes a pre-adjudicatory drug court program
and a post-adjudicatory drug court program.

(Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03.)

(705 ILCS 410/15)
Sec. 15.
Authorization.
The Chief Judge of each
judicial circuit may establish a drug court program for minors
including
the format under which it operates under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03.)

(705 ILCS 410/20)
Sec. 20.
Eligibility.
(a) A minor may be admitted into a drug court
program only upon the agreement of the prosecutor and the
minor and with the approval of the court.
(b) A minor shall be excluded from a drug court
program if any of one of the following apply:
(Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03.)

(705 ILCS 410/25)
Sec. 25.
Procedure.
(a) The court shall order an eligibility screening and an
assessment of the minor by an agent designated by the
State of Illinois to provide assessment services for the
Illinois Courts. An assessment need not be ordered if the
court finds a valid assessment related to the present charge
pending against the minor has been completed within the
previous 60 days.
(b) The judge shall inform the minor that if the
minor fails to meet the conditions of the drug court
program, eligibility to participate in the program may be
revoked and the minor may be sentenced or the prosecution
continued as provided in the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for
the crime charged.
(c) The minor shall execute a written agreement as
to his or her participation in the program and shall agree to
all of the terms and conditions of the program, including but
not limited to the possibility of sanctions or incarceration
for failing to abide or comply with the terms of the program.
(d) In addition to any conditions authorized under Sections 5-505, 5-710,
and 5-715, the court may order the minor to complete
substance abuse treatment in an outpatient, inpatient,
residential, or detention-based custodial treatment program. Any
period of time a minor shall serve in a detention-based
treatment program may not be reduced by the accumulation of
good time or other credits and may be for a period of up to
120 days.
(e) The drug court program shall include a regimen of
graduated requirements and rewards and sanctions, including
but not limited to: fines, costs, restitution, public service
employment,
incarceration of up to 120 days, individual and group
therapy, drug analysis testing, close monitoring by the court
at a minimum of once every 30 days and supervision of
progress, educational or vocational counseling as
appropriate, and other requirements necessary to fulfill the
drug court program.

(Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03.)

(705 ILCS 410/30)
Sec. 30.
Substance abuse treatment.
(a) The drug court program shall maintain a network of
substance abuse treatment programs representing a continuum
of graduated substance abuse treatment options commensurate
with the needs of minors.
(b) Any substance abuse treatment program to which
minors are referred must meet all of the rules and
governing programs in Parts 2030 and 2060 of Title 77 of the
Illinois Administrative Code.
(c) The drug court program may, at its discretion,
employ additional services or interventions, as it deems
necessary on a case by case basis.

(Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03.)

(705 ILCS 410/35)
Sec. 35.
Violation; termination; discharge.
(a) If the court finds from the evidence presented
including but not limited to the reports or proffers of proof
from the drug court professionals that:
(b) Upon successful completion of the terms and
conditions of the program by the minor, the court may dismiss the original
charges against the minor or successfully terminate the
minor's sentence or otherwise discharge him or her from
any further proceedings against him or her in the original
prosecution.

(Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03.)

(705 ILCS 410/40)
Sec. 40. Electronic monitoring. The drug court program may also, subject to the approval of the Chief Judge of the Circuit, establish a program for electronic monitoring of juveniles subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile drug court program as a less restrictive alternative to detention, consistent with any available evidence-based risk assessment or substance abuse treatment eligibility screening.

(Source: P.A. 100-431, eff. 8-25-17.)

(705 ILCS 410/105)
Sec. 105.
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03; text omitted.)