California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 11972

(1) Integration by treatment courts of behavioral health treatment services with justice system case processing.

(2) Promotion of public safety, while protecting participants' due process rights, by prosecution and defense counsel using a nonadversarial approach.

(3) Early identification of eligible participants from the appropriate high-risk and high-need target population and prompt placement in the treatment court program.

(4) Access provided by treatment courts to a continuum of substance use and other behavioral health treatment and social services that are evidence based and meet the specific needs of the participant.

(5) Frequent alcohol and other drug testing to monitor abstinence.

(6) A system of incentives, sanctions, and service adjustments to achieve participant success.

(7) Ongoing judicial interaction with each treatment court participant at the needed frequency to meet the needs of the participant.

(8) Monitoring and evaluation to measure the achievement of program goals and gauge effectiveness.

(9) Continuing interdisciplinary education to promote effective treatment court planning, implementation, and operations.

(10) Forging partnerships among treatment courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations to generate local support and enhance treatment court program effectiveness and to coordinate access to needed complementary services outside the program.

(11) Working to ensure equitable access, services, and outcomes for all sociodemographic and sociocultural groups.