Evaluation

(a) Final report.--(Deleted by amendment). (b) Evaluation and report to General Assembly.--The department shall monitor and evaluate the State drug treatment program to ensure that the programmatic objectives are met. Every three years, the department shall present a report of its evaluation to the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives no later than February 1. The report shall include: (1) The number of persons evaluated for the State drug treatment program. (2) The number of persons placed into the State drug treatment program. (3) The number of persons sentenced to a State correctional institution who may have been eligible for the State drug treatment program. (4) The number of persons successfully completing the State drug treatment program. (5) The six-month, one-year, three-year and five-year recidivism rates for persons who have completed the State drug treatment program and for a comparison group of persons who were not placed in the State drug treatment program. (6) Any changes the department believes will make the State drug treatment program more effective.