The Department of Corrections shall establish an intensive alternative incarceration addiction program. The program shall:
(1) Address addiction as a chronic disease, recognizing that participants have individualized needs and different recovery progressions;
(2) Require compliance with program rules;
(3) Include a range of professional treatment services, recovery activities, engagement with peer mentors, educational and vocational services and self-help groups;
(4) Provide addiction treatment that incorporates proven, research-based interventions;
(5) Be trauma-informed and gender-responsive; and
(6) Be at least 270 days’ duration.