Treatment Court, Rehabilitation, and Recovery Act of 2025

Diversified Treatment Options: The bill allows for several specific types of courts, such as juvenile drug treatment courts, family treatment courts, tribal healing to wellness courts, impaired driving courts, and adult drug treatment courts, to serve specific needs of different groups (Section 2951(a)(2)).

Access to Specialized Care: Participants can access evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, which may include medication for addiction treatment (Section s2953(a)(1) and Section 2953(f)(2)(C)).

Support Services: Programs can provide essential services such as case management, vocational training, job placement, housing placement, medical and dental care, and parenting programs (Section 2953(f)(3)(B)(iii)).

Financial Protections: The bill mandates that economic sanctions and treatment costs be based on a participant's ability to pay so they do not interfere with program participation (Section 2951(b) and Section 2953(f)(2)(I)).

Fairness and Equality: The bill requires grant programs to ensure they do not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, or other statuses, and includes a process to monitor and address unfair disparities in access and retention (Section 2953(f)(2)(A) and Section 2956(1)).

Exclusionary Eligibility Criteria: Individuals charged with sex offenses, or offenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children, or murder or assault with intent to commit murder are ineligible to participate (Section 2952(a)(4)).

Risk-Based Exclusion: A treatment court team can determine that a person is not eligible if they are deemed to pose a risk of violence to the public or any person in the program (Section 2952(a)(3)).

Strict Determination Standards: Eligibility is subject to the discretion of a treatment court team, which must consider the individual's criminal history, the nature of the offense, and the views of relevant victims (Section 2952(b)).