Establishment of Superior Courts for Veterans Treatment

Following consultation with and agreement of the Presiding Justice of the Judicial Department in which a county is located, the Chief Administrator of the Courts, by administrative order, may establish a Superior Court for Veterans Treatment in Supreme Court or County Court in such county and assign one or more justices or judges to preside therein. Each such Superior Court for Veterans Treatment shall have as its purpose the hearing and determination of: (a) criminal cases that are commenced in the court and that are identified by the court as appropriate for disposition by a veterans treatment court; and (b) criminal cases that are commenced in other courts of the county, and that are identified as appropriate for disposition by a veterans treatment court and transferred to the court as provided in section 153.2 of this Part.