A 14-member task force composed of judges, attorneys and health officials have recommended not creating special state courts for defendants addicted to opioids. It instead recommended focusing on treatment plans already in place in Connecticut.

The task force, which released its 73-page report to the state Judiciary Committee on Jan. 1, opted against mirroring Buffalo, New York, which established the country’s first-ever opioid intervention court in May 2017. That court was funded, in part, by a three-year, $300,000 federal grant.