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Title: Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts Act of 2015
Subject: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use: Health programs administration and funding: Health promotion and preventive care: Indian social and development programs: Judicial procedure and administration: Law enforcement administration and funding: Rural conditions and development: Native Americans
Description: Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts Act of 2015 This bill permits the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to tribal governments acting in partnership with state or local governments for tribal healing to wellness courts. (A tribal healing to wellness court is a drug court that is a component of a tribal justice system and includes substance abuse treatment and may include cultural activities.) Courts receiving grants must monitor individuals under their jurisdiction and must periodically test each individual for drug use. DOJ may require these courts to increase punitive or treatment responses for an individual who fails a drug test. Violent offenders may not be under the jurisdiction of these courts unless the court has received a waiver from DOJ.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2016
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2205/all-info
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3 sponsors: Jon Tester (D); Al Franken (D); Heidi Heitkamp (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 27 2016 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. |
| Senate | Apr 13 2016 | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-326. |
| Senate | Oct 22 2015 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 28 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
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