Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
E. Douglas Varney, Commissioner

Forensic and Juvenile Court Services

The Office of Forensic & Juvenile Court Services provides oversight and has responsibility for the adult and juvenile forensic services through:

• Development and monitoring performance standards for inpatient and outpatient adult and juvenile services
• Consultation to outpatient and inpatient providers of forensic services and for court officers
• Conducting training for certification for professionals providing forensic evaluations
• Development of annual forensic renewal training
• Oversight of contractual agreements with outpatient providers of forensic services
• Oversight of billing and payment requests from inpatient and outpatient forensic service providers
• Data analysis for trends in the provision of forensic and juvenile court evaluations