HB1241:

Pretrial Intervention and Diversion Program; created.

Bill Summary:

Pretrial Intervention and Diversion Program.
Authorizes the attorney for the Commonwealth for each judicial
circuit of the Commonwealth to create and administer a Pretrial Intervention
and Diversion Program for the purpose of providing an alternative
to prosecuting offenders in the criminal justice system. The bill
provides that entry into such program shall be at the discretion
of the attorney for the Commonwealth based upon written guidelines
and that no attorney for the Commonwealth shall accept any offender
into such program for an offense for which punishment includes a
mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment.