Methamphetamine study.

WORKING DRAFT
2007
STATE OF
WYOMING
07LSO-0217.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0168

Methamphetamine study.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Lubnau, Brown and Olsen and Senator(s) Decaria

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to methamphetamine; requiring a study to determine the scope of the methamphetamine problem in Wyoming; requiring law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys to provide information to the attorney general as specified; authorizing the department to contract for an evaluation of methamphetamine treatment pilot projects for mothers addicted to methamphetamine; specifying conditions; requiring reports;
providing appropriations;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

(a)

The
Wyoming
attorney general shall conduct a study to determine the scope of the methamphetamine problem that exists in
Wyoming
. The report shall include information with respect to:

(i)

Incidents involving arrests for the possession, use, manufacture or sale of methamphetamine;

(ii)

Dispositions of any citations or arrests as a result of an arrest for the possession, use, manufacture or sale of methamphetamine, including the age, gender and zip code of the person cited or arrested, any deferred prosecutions, deferred sentences, plea bargains, dropped charges, diversions to alternative courts, presentence reports, convictions, sentences and any treatment for methamphetamine use that is required as a condition of probation or incarceration; and

(iii)

To the extent any de-identified information is available, the results of any treatment for methamphetamine use. For purposes of this paragraph, "de-identified information" means as provided in 45 C.F.R. Part 164.514.

(b)

Every law enforcement agency in this state shall provide to the attorney general data for the period beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2007, relating to each arrest or citation issued by the law enforcement agency that involved the possession, use, manufacture or sale of methamphetamine.

(c)

Every district attorney and county and prosecuting attorney in the state shall provide to the attorney general information with respect to the disposition of each citation or arrest for the period beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2007, involving the possession, use, manufacture or sale of methamphetamine, including the age, gender and zip code of the person cited or arrested, any deferred prosecutions, deferred sentences, plea bargains, dropped charges, diversions to alternative courts, presentence reports, convictions, sentences and any treatment for methamphetamine use that is required as a condition of probation or incarceration, and the results thereof if available.

(d)

The attorney general shall report the results of study to the governor, the joint judiciary interim committee, the joint labor, health and social services interim committee and the select committee on mental health and substance abuse services no later than October 1, 2007, including any recommendations along with projected costs to improve the data collection, retention and reporting capabilities of law enforcement agencies and district and prosecuting attorneys with respect to arrests and prosecutions for methamphetamine possession, use, manufacture or sale.

Section 2.

(a)

The department of health shall use the funds appropriated under subsection 3(b) of this act to enter into a contract with the Wyoming survey and analysis center at the University of Wyoming for an evaluation of two (2) pilot projects in the cities of Cheyenne and Casper, Wyoming, that shall be implemented collaboratively by the department of health, the department of family services and the department of corrections to provide a treatment program for mothers addicted to methamphetamine. The contract between the department of health and the
Wyoming
survey and analysis center shall require, at minimum, the
Wyoming
survey and analysis center to:

(i)

Assist the department of health in the development of requests for proposals;

(ii)

Provide on-site technical assistance to develop evaluation protocols appropriate to the program components and the program goals for the targeted treatment population;

(iii)

Assist with the development of reporting protocols and forms;

(iv)

Conduct an evaluation of the pilot programs specified in this subsection;

(v)

Provide technical assistance and guidance in data collection, data interpretation and data driven decision making;

(vi)

Develop and submit annual reports in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b)

The contract under subsection (a) of this section shall provide that the
Wyoming
survey and analysis center shall submit reports to the department of health as follows:

(i)

An interim report shall be submitted no later than June 30, 2008. The report shall:

(A)

Describe implementation efforts and associated outcomes;

(B)

Describe successes and challenges;

(C)

Describe initial outcomes of clients as compared to a control population.

(ii)

A final report shall be submitted no later than June 30, 2009. The report shall provide a description of outcomes and core achievements.

(c)

The department of health shall, upon receipt of the reports under subsection (b) of this section, submit the reports and the department's recommendations to the joint appropriations interim committee, the joint labor, health and social services interim committee and the select committee on mental health and substance abuse, if the select committee continues its study of substance abuse issues.

Section 3.

(a)

There is appropriated fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) from the general fund to the attorney general for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2008
for the purposes of section 1 of this act. To the extent funds from this appropriation are available, the attorney general shall reimburse agencies for expenses incurred in providing information required under section 1 of this act. Any agency seeking reimbursement for actual expenses incurred under section 1 of this act shall submit documentation of the expenses prior to April 1, 2008 in a format required by the attorney general. Any funds from the appropriation under this subsection that are unobligated or unencumbered on June 30, 2008 shall revert to the general fund.

(b)

There is appropriated from the general fund seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00), or as much thereof as necessary, to the department of health, for the period beginning with the effective date of this section and ending June 30, 2009 for the purposes of section 2 of this act. Notwithstanding W.S. 9
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2
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1008, 9
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1012(e) and 9
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207(a), the funds appropriated under this subsection shall not lapse or revert at the end of the biennium ending June 30, 2008, but shall remain in effect until June 30, 2009.

Section 4.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

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