Vermont § 808a - Treatment furlough

§ 808a. Treatment furlough

• (a) An offender may be sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment, but placed by a court
  on treatment furlough to participate in such programs administered by the Department
  in the community that reduce the offender’s risk to reoffend or that provide reparation
  to the community in the form of supervised work activities. (b) Provided the approval of the sentencing judge, if available, otherwise a Superior
  Court judge, is first obtained, the Department may place on treatment furlough an
  offender who has not yet served the minimum term of the sentence, who, in the Department’s
  determination, needs residential treatment services not available in a correctional
  facility. The services may include treatment for substance abuse or personal violence
  or any other condition that the Department has determined should be addressed in order
  to reduce the offender’s risk to reoffend or cause harm to himself or herself or to
  others in the facility. The offender shall be released only to a hospital or residential
  treatment facility that provides services to the general population. The State’s share
  of the cost of placement in such a facility, net of any private or federal participation,
  shall be paid pursuant to memoranda of agreement between and within State agencies
  reflective of their shared responsibilities to maximize the efficient and effective
  use of State resources. In the event that a memorandum of agreement cannot be reached,
  the Secretary of Administration shall make a final determination as to the manner
  in which costs will be allocated. (c) [Repealed.] (Added 2011, No. 41, § 3a; amended 2011, No. 41, § 3c, eff. April 1, 2013; 2019, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)