46-1-1115. Treatment court support account -- distribution of funds -- report. (1) There is a treatment court support account in the state special revenue fund for purposes provided in subsection (3).

(2) The supreme court administrator shall establish procedures for the distribution and accountability of money in the account. The court administrator shall give priority to funding programs or services in rural or underserved areas of the state or that address opioid abuse.

(3) Money in the treatment court support account must be used to expand the capacity and quality of existing treatment courts and extend treatment courts to areas of the state that are unserved by a treatment court. District, local, and tribal treatment courts are eligible to receive treatment court support account funds. Funding from the account may be used solely to fund services required for participants, drug and alcohol testing, case management services, treatment court staff, technology, program evaluation, or other needs identified by the supreme court administrator related to efficient and effective operation of treatment courts. The court administrator may use account funds to hire a grant writer or contract for grant writing services.