Montana State Legislature

Meeting Materials

June 28

• Updated agenda
• Victim Experiences and Services in Montana:
  • Department of Corrections Victim Services Information
  • Gallatin County Victim Services Referral Form
  • Gallatin County Victim Services Brochure
  • Gallatin County Victim Advocacy Survival Guide
• Draft legislation:
  • CJOC 1 : Revising sentencing laws for theft and thematically-related crimes
  • CJOC 2 : Addressing matters regarding recovery residences, also known as sober living homes
  • CJOC 3 : Creating a separate definition for persistent felony offender under supervision
  • CJOC 4 : Revising sentencing laws for disorderly conduct
  • CJOC 5 : Making theft of a motor vehicle assessed at any value a felony
  • Draft Legislation Decision Points
  • Key Considerations for Family Recovery Residences , from the National Association of Recovery Residences Standards Review Board

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May 11

• Agenda (Updated May 10, 2022)
• Panel: Sober Living Home Operators
  • A Clean and Sober Place to Live: Philosophy, Structure, and Purported Therapeutic Factors in Sober Living Houses
  • Motivation to maintain sobriety among residents of sober living recovery homes
  • Eighteen Month Outcomes for Clients Receiving Combined Outpatient Treatment and Sober Living Houses
  • National Sober Living Association Application
  • National Sober Living Association Code of Ethics
  • National Sober Living Association Membership Benefits
• Council Legislation: Persistent Felony Offender Definition
  • Draft legislation

March 23

• Agenda (Updated March 16, 2022)

• Panel: Sober Living Homes
  • Discussion slides - Karen Tracy
• Presentation: Tennessee Stopping Addiction and Fostering Excellence (SAFE) Act
  • HB 215 - SAFE Act
  • HB 215 Summary
• Presentation: Criminal Justice Data in Montana
  • Discussion slides - Kevin Gilbertson and Adam Carpenter

January 18, 2022

Meeting Materials

• Agenda  (Updated January 11)
• Presentation: Montana Drug Courts
  • Montana Drug Court Information Packet
  • Montana Treatment Court Map
• Presentation: Supreme Court Pre-Trial Diversion Pilot Project
  • Pre-Trial Overview
  • Montana Pre-Trial Release
  • Pre-Trial Diversion Performance Measurement Overview
• Panel: 2017 Criminal Justice Bill Package
  • 2017 Criminal Justice Package Handout
• Presentation: Department of Corrections 3.5 Update
  • DOC Substance Use Disorder Treatment Fact Sheet
• CJOC Work Plan
  • Draft Work Plan
  • CJOC Decision Matrix

October 27, 2021

• Agenda  (updated October 26, 2021)
• Presentation: Pretrial Diversion Programs in the United States
  • Pretrial Diversion
  • Prosecutor-Led Diversion:  Slides  and  Handout
• Panel: Offender Housing in Montana
  • Department of Corrections
  • Department of Health and Human Services
• Presentation: Community Corrections in Montana

September 29, 2021

• Agenda (updated 9/28)
• List of 2021-2022 CJOC members
• Draft Operating Procedures for the Council
• Department of Corrections Update
• 2019-2020 Criminal Justice Oversight Council Report, Sept. 2020
• HJ 34: Interim study of pretrial diversion and presentence diversion agreements
• HB 73: Generally revising laws related to the Criminal Justice Oversight Council
• SB 47: Revising laws related to commitments from the Department of Corrections

Background Materials

• Justice Reinvestment in Montana -- Report to the Commission on Sentencing, January 2017 -- CSJ Justice Center