§ 16-98-306 - Collection of data.
16-98-306. Collection of data.
(a) A drug court program shall collect and provide data on drug court applicants, drug court participants, and the entire drug court program as required by the Division of Drug Court Programs within the Administrative Office of the Courts in accordance with the rules promulgated under 16-98-307.
(b) The data collected for evaluation purposes under subsection (a) of this section shall:
(1) Include a minimum standard data set developed and specified by the Division of Drug Court Programs; and
(2) Be maintained in the court files or be otherwise accessible by the courts and the Division of Drug Court Programs.
(c) (1) As directed by the Division of Drug Court Programs, after an individual is discharged either upon completion or termination of a drug court program, the drug court program shall conduct, as much as practical, follow-up contacts with and reviews of former drug court participants for key outcome indicators of drug use, recidivism, and employment.
(2) (A) The follow-up contacts with and reviews of former drug court participants shall be conducted as frequently and for a period of time as determined by the Division of Drug Court Programs based upon the nature of the drug court program and the nature of the participants.
(B) The follow-up contacts with and reviews of former drug court participants are not extensions of the drug court's jurisdiction over the drug court participants.
(d) For purposes of standardized measurement of success of drug court programs across the state, the Division of Drug Court Programs in consultation with other state agencies and subject to the review of the Drug Court Advisory Committee shall adopt an operational definition of terms such as "recidivism", "retention", "relapses", "restarts", "sanctions imposed", and "incentives given" to be used in any evaluation and report of drug court programs.
(e) Each drug court program shall provide to the Division of Drug Court Programs all information requested by the Division of Drug Court Programs.
(f) The Division of Drug Court Programs, the Department of Community Correction, the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, and the Arkansas Crime Information Center shall work together to share and make available data to provide a comprehensive data management system for the state's drug court programs.
(g) (1) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall:
(A) Develop a statewide evaluation model to be reviewed by the Drug Court Advisory Committee; and
(B) Conduct ongoing evaluations of the effectiveness and efficiency of all drug court programs.
(2) A report of the evaluations of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall be submitted to the General Assembly by July 1 of each year.