Through the department of mental health and substance abuse services, a court exercising criminal jurisdiction within this state or a veterans treatment court program may apply for veterans treatment court program grant funds established in § 16-22-109(e)(4), if funds are available, to:

(1) Fund a full-time or part-time program director position;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 16-6-105

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Veterans treatment court program: means a stand-alone veterans treatment court program established by a judge of a court of this state exercising criminal jurisdiction or a veterans court track created within an existing certified drug court. See Tennessee Code 16-6-101
(2) Fund veterans treatment court program staff whose job duties are directly related to program operations;
(3) Fund substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, and other direct services for veterans treatment court program participants;
(4) Fund drug testing;
(5) Fund program costs directly related to program operations; and
(6) Implement or continue veterans treatment court program operations.
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