The Department of Corrections shall establish an intensive alternative incarceration addiction program. The program shall:

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(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. [2003 c.464 § 2; 2021 c.501 § 6; 2023 c.108 § 4]

See note under 421.500.