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.
Note: See note under 421.500.
[2003 c.464 §2; 2021 c.501 §6; 2023 c.108 §4]