(a) The Judicial Branch shall collect data on the number of members of the armed forces, veterans and nonveterans who, on and after January 1, 2016, apply for and are granted admission or are denied entry into (1) the pretrial program for accelerated rehabilitation established pursuant to section 54-56e, (2) the supervised diversionary program established pursuant to section 54-56l, or (3) the pretrial drug education and community service program established pursuant to section 54-56i. Data compiled pursuant to this section shall be based on information provided by applicants at the time of application to any such program. For the purposes of this section, “veteran” means any person who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from active service in the armed forces and “armed forces” has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103.
(b) Not later than January 15, 2017, and annually thereafter, the Judicial Branch shall submit a report detailing the data compiled for the previous calendar year pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to veterans' and military affairs and the judiciary, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
(P.A. 15-246, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 15-246 effective January 1, 2016.