Pursuant to Senate Bill 1171 creating a new Idaho Drug Court Act to establish drug courts in each county, the Supreme Court hereby appoints a drug court coordinating committee to be chaired by the Hon. Justice Daniel Eismann;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following persons are appointed as members of the DRUG COURT COORDINATING COMMITTEE to serve until further order of the Court:

 

Justice Daniel Eismann, Chair

Idaho Supreme Court

           

Kathy Ruffalo                                                Judge Brent Moss

Governor’s Office                                         District Judge, 7^th District

 

Judge Eugene Marano                                   Patricia Tobias

Magistrate Judge, 1^st District                       Administrative Director of the Courts

 

            Judge Sergio Gutierrez                                 Judge Keith Walker

            District Judge, 3^rd District                           Magistrate Judge, 7^th District

 

Judge Kathy Sticklen                                    Judge John Stegner

District Judge, 4^th District                           District Judge 2^nd District

           

Judge Monte Carlson                                    Judge Larry Duff

District Judge, 5^th District                           Magistrate Judge, 5^th District

           

            Judge Mark Beebe                                         Burt Butler

            Magistrate Judge, 6^th                                    Trial Court Administrator, 7^th District

 

            Marreen Baker                                               Tonya Gomez

Ada County Drug Court Coordinator          Kootenai County Drug Court Coordinator

           

Pat Owen                                                        Ron Coulter

Ada County Deputy Pros. Attorney             State Appellate Public Defender

           

            Scott Fouser                                                  Tom Beauclair

Canyon County Public Defender                 State Probation Officer

 

            Val Gardner                                                    Barry Jones

Bonneville County Probation Officer         Oneida County RSSA

 

            Liz Lovell, Director                                      John Southworth

Bannock County Treatment Providers        Ada County Treatment Providers

           

            Mark Gornik                                                  Barbara Case, Director

Department of Corrections                          Department of Education, BSU

 

            Olivia Craven                                                 Pharis Stanger

Commission of Pardons and Parole            Department of Health & Welfare

 

            Paul Carrol                                                     Roberta Silva

Department of Juvenile Corrections           Idaho State Police

 

            Joann Moore                                                  Lorin Nielsen

Idaho Transportation Department                Bannock County Law Enforcement

 

            Libby Engebrecht, CSWP                             Noel Hales

Mental Health Professionals                       Canyon County District Court Clerk

 

            Robbie Plaster                                               Valerie Hoybjerg

Graduate of Drug Court                                Power County Commissioner

 

            Cathy Holland-Smith                                    Senator

Legislative Services Office                          Special Oversight Committee on

                                                                                    State-funded Substance Abuse Treatment

Representative                                              

Special Oversight Committee on                 Corrie Keller

State-funded Substance Abuse                     Director of Court Services

Treatment

 

 

The following committee members shall also serve as an Executive Committee of the Drug Court Coordinating Committee:

 

Justice Daniel Eismann                    Kathy Ruffalo

Judge Brent Moss                             Judge Eugene Marano

Patricia Tobias                                   One Senator

One Representative

 

The Charge to the Committee is as follows:

 

To establish a drug court implementation plan and oversee ongoing drug court programs.  The implementation plan shall include a strategy to forge partnerships among drug courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations to enhance drug court effectiveness.  The committee shall also develop guidelines for drug courts addressing eligibility, identification and screening, assessment, treatment and treatment providers, case management and supervision, and evaluation. The coordinating committee shall also solicit specific drug court plans, and recommend funding priorities and decisions per judicial district, pursue all available alternate funding; provide technical assistance, develop procedural manuals, and schedule training opportunities for the drug court teams; design an evaluation strategy, including participation in the statewide substance abuse evaluation plan; and design an automated drug court management information system, which promotes information sharing with other entities.

 

Dated this __23rd___ day of __May____, 2001.

 

                                                By Order of the Supreme Court

                                   

                                                ________/s/___________________

                                                Linda Copple Trout, Chief Justice

 

ATTEST:

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            Clerk