Section 11973 Of Article 1. Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation Act Of 1999 From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10.5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
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. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that dependency drug
courts be funded unless an evaluation of cost avoidance as provided
in this section with respect to child welfare services and foster
care demonstrates that the program is not cost effective.
(b) The State Department of Social Services, in collaboration with
the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and the Judicial
Council, shall conduct an evaluation of cost avoidance with respect
to child welfare services and foster care pursuant to this section.
These parties shall do all of the following:
(1) Consult with legislative staff and at least one representative
of an existing dependency drug court program who has experience
conducting an evaluation of cost avoidance, to clarify the elements
to be reviewed.
(2) Identify requirements, such as specific measures of cost
savings and data to be evaluated, and methodology for use of control
cases for comparison data.
(3) Whenever possible, use existing evaluation case samples to
gather the necessary additional data.
(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2013.