{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-181b","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181b","heading":"Drug docket and drug courts.","body":"(a) The Chief Court Administrator may establish in any court location or juvenile matters court location a docket separate from other criminal or juvenile matters for the hearing of criminal or juvenile matters in which a defendant is a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 21a-240. The docket shall be available to offenders who could benefit from placement in a substance abuse treatment program.\n(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish, within the appropriations designated in public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session* for said purpose, one or more drug courts for the hearing of criminal or juvenile matters in which a defendant is a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 21a-240, who could benefit from placement in a substance abuse treatment program.","path":["TITLE 51. COURTS","CHAPTER 882. SUPERIOR COURT","PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_882.htm#sec_51-181b","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"62b81dd030be614f94f8c2b832fe4616840b6b9f14ee4dae6c3fed0aa1cf24d4","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-181a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-181c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}