Eligible persons who are sentenced to a term of probation supervision shall be screened and assigned to a differentiated mental health supervision case type pursuant to procedures developed by the Administrative Director of the Courts. A person who is assigned to a differentiated mental health supervision case type shall provide written authorization for any case management or mental health service provider to release to the Probation Division, the court, prosecutor, and defense counsel periodic status reports regarding the person's participation, cooperation, and recovery progress.
Probation officers assigned to the Mental Health Diversion Program may provide supervision to those participants who have been accepted into the Mental Health Diversion Program.
N.J.S. § 2C:43-39