Northern Mariana Islands Judiciary Mental Health Court Docket Policies and Procedures – 2026
The rules of the Commonwealth's mental health treatment docket, established July 3, 2021 within the Superior Court's general docket and cited by their own terms as 'NMI MHC PP' — twelve sections. Section 1 carries the authority, under Article IV, Section 3 of the NMI Constitution, and the definitions. Section 2 is eligibility and the entrance protocol: referral, legal eligibility, screening, clinical eligibility and suitability. Section 3, the longest at over 13,000 characters, sets out the role of every member of the docket team, which is what makes a treatment court work — the judge, prosecutor, defense counsel, case manager and treatment providers each have defined duties. Section 4 covers the program components, Section 5 incentives, sanctions and therapeutic adjustments, Section 6 the grounds for sanction or termination, and Section 7 a participant's program outcomes. Also here: data collection and program evaluation, the drug and alcohol testing protocol, confidentiality, program sustainability and the forms. The docket supplements the Drug Court and expressly reaches eligible veterans and servicemembers seeking mental health treatment in lieu of incarceration.
Browse all 12 rules of the 2026 edition below. Each rule includes the full text, a plain-English summary, committee notes, amendment history, and cross-references to related rules. Use the search box to find rules by keyword or number.