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MEMORANDUM OF T'NDERSTANDING BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT AND MERIT RESOIJRCES PURPOSE: The Washington State Legislature has authorized the various counties to establish and operate drug courts. A Drug Court is defined as "a court that has special calendars or dockets designed to achieve a reduction in recidivism and substance abuse among nonviolent, substance abusing felony and non-felony offenders by increasing their likelihood for successful rehabilitation through early, continuous, and intense judicially supervised treatment; mandatory periodic drug testing, and the use of appropriate sanctions and other rehabilitation seryices". Consistent with the above'legislative intent and authority as expressed in RCW 2.2tj70,the Kittitas County Superior Court established such a Drug Court. On January l,200g,they entered into aMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Alcohol DruS Dependency Services (ADDS) to work together to support the treatment and testing services described above. The inteni of working jointly in this matter was to help defray the costs imposed upon ADDS by the necessary and intensive drug testing of those entered into the drug court program, specificaliy the collection and related testing or urinalysis samples. On July 1,2015 ADDS was purchased by Merit Resources (Merit) who assumed all responsibilities under the MOU. This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) memorializes and outlines ways in which Kittitas Cowrty Superior Court and Merit Resoruces have worked together and will continue to work together to provide a drug court in the Kittitas County Superior Court. It is the desire of the parties to continue to improve the Drug Court by entering into this Agreement. Merit is aware th,at by entering into this Agreement they will be Conmctually bound to provide services in addition to,those required by the NAOU enterei into on January t,iOOg. - This MOU shall be effective as of March l,202}and continue indefinitely unless terminated as described. Both partiel muy review terms of this MOU annually or as needed. The Agreement may be amended only by mutual agreement and only by a writing signed by both purti[r ot Otbit authorized representatiy3l. Either pat f{v lermiryte-this AgreimJnt witirin ri-ty 1oqjd"r" - written notice with'or without cause. This MOU will remain in effect until there is a written notification from either party that there is a need to change or trt*inutr ittir Mon: This MoU completely subsumes the MOU entered into on January l,:2009 by ADDS and the Kittitas County Superior Courtl I. IT IS AflREED THAT MERIT SOURCES SHALL: I : rf; ;t ri,