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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY WALKO, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, BELFANTI, BEYER, BRENNAN, DEASY, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FLECK, FRANKEL, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARKINS, HELM, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MANDERINO, MARSICO, MATZIE, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, QUINN, READSHAW, ROSS, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, SWANGER, TRUE, WATERS, WHITE, PALLONE, DALLY, GRUCELA, RAPP, PYLE, HESS, MILLER, MAJOR, VULAKOVICH, HENNESSEY, D. COSTA, KILLION, DELOZIER AND PHILLIPS, MAY 26, 2009 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 26, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proclaiming May 2009 as "National Drug Treatment Court Month" in |
2 | Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, Drug treatment courts provide the focus and |
4 | leadership for communitywide, antidrug systems, bringing |
5 | together criminal justice, treatment, education and other |
6 | community partners in the fight against drug abuse and |
7 | criminality; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Drug treatment court programs combine intensive |
9 | judicial supervision, mandatory substance abuse treatment and |
10 | drug testing, escalating sanctions and incentives and offender |
11 | accountability in order to break the cycle of drug addiction, |
12 | reduce recidivism and promote public safety; and |
13 | WHEREAS, The judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, |
14 | treatment professionals, law enforcement and corrections |
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1 | personnel, researchers and educators, national and community |
2 | leaders and others dedicated to the movement have had a profound |
3 | impact through hard work and commitment to their communities; |
4 | and |
5 | WHEREAS, The drug treatment court movement has grown |
6 | nationwide from 12 courts in 1994 to more than 2,200 drug courts |
7 | that are in operation or in the planning stages; and |
8 | WHEREAS, The House of Representatives supports the monumental |
9 | accomplishments of the Philadelphia Treatment Court, the first |
10 | established in this Commonwealth in 1997, and to date, the |
11 | Philadelphia Treatment Court has accepted more than 2,800 |
12 | participants and credits 1,697 individuals with successfully |
13 | completing the intensive program; and |
14 | WHEREAS, The House of Representatives recognizes that the |
15 | Philadelphia Treatment Court has received the national |
16 | distinction as a Mentor Court from the United States Department |
17 | of Justice, 1 of only 30 mentor courts in the country; and |
18 | WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Treatment Court has hosted national |
19 | and international dignitaries, judges and court staff; therefore |
20 | be it |
21 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives proclaim May 2009 |
22 | as "National Drug Treatment Court Month" in Pennsylvania |
23 | recognizing the practitioners and participants who make drug |
24 | treatment courts work and the significant contributions that |
25 | drug treatment courts have made and continue to make in reducing |
26 | drug usage and crime. |
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