(a) There is established a permanent committee of the Sentencing Accountability Commission which shall be known as the “Treatment Access Committee.”
(b) The Treatment Access Committee shall be comprised of 7 voting members which shall include:
(1) The Chairperson of SENTAC, ex officio, who shall serve as Chairperson of the Committee;
(2) The Secretary of Health and Social Services, ex officio;
(3) The Secretary of the Department of Youth Services, ex officio;
(4) The Commissioner of Corrections, ex officio;
(5) The Chairperson of the Board of Parole, ex officio;
(6) Two additional members, 1 of whom shall represent the President of the Senate and 1 of whom shall represent the Speaker of the House; and
(7) Such other nonvoting members as will assist the Committee in performing its functions as are appointed by the Chairperson of SENTAC.
(c) The Treatment Access Committee shall supervise the establishment of a Treatment Access Center for substance abusing offenders. The Treatment Access Center shall be designed in a manner to coordinate the provision of substance abuse evaluation and treatment by public and private providers to criminal defendants and youths adjudicated delinquent or pending such adjudication. The Committee shall have the power through its Chairperson to make and enter into any and all contracts, agreements or stipulations; and to seek, accept and receive funds, grants or donations necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section.
(d) The Treatment Access Committee shall supervise the expenditure of funds from the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation, Treatment, Education and Prevention Fund. It shall make grants to the Treatment Access Center, and to other state and local public entities or agencies for substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation, education or prevention activities, subject to the provisions of § 4803A(b) of Title 16.
(e) The Treatment Access Committee shall report annually to SENTAC and the General Assembly on its activities and the status of substance abuse problems in Delaware.
68 Del. Laws, c. 443, § 7; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.
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