Section 16-10-144 - Contracts - Qualified treatment providers(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts may enter into a professional service contract with a qualified treatment provider to serve as a specialty court team member and to provide behavioral health treatment to specialty court participants.(b) The fees for contracted services provided by a qualified treatment provider shall be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose to the Administrative Office of the Courts.(c) Any funds appropriated for the purpose of this section remaining on June 30 shall be retained by the Administrative Office of the Courts and may be distributed after July 1 as supplemental funding for the expansion or establishment of specialty court programs in circuit courts.Added by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 118, eff. 1/1/2024.