Substance abuse treatment funding awards.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0099

ENROLLED ACT NO. 36, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
the treatment of substance abuse;
restructuring
specified programs authorized by the 2005 methamphetamine initiative
;
specifying the
manner in which the
department of h
ealth shall determine substance abuse funding awards;
repealing
certain
noncodified provisions
;
and
providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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2
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2708
is created to read:

9
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2
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2708
.

Methamphetamine and s
ubstance abuse treatment grants.

(a)

Public or private entities may apply for grants to fund
access
to
treatment for persons addicted to methamphetamine and
other
substances.
Grant requests shall be reviewed and awarded by the department of health.
Any funds awarded under this section shall not
be used to
supplant funds
being

u
sed
at the time of the award
by the public or private entity for th
e purposes specified in this
section.

(
b
)

In
reviewing and
awarding grants under this
section
, the department of health shall consider:

(
i
)

Geographic distribution of treatment resources;

(
ii
)

A projection of the number of persons
who will be treated
, using law enforcement statistics with respect to the number of arrests for methamphetamine
use and other arrests related to
substance
ab
use in each region of the state and other data demonstrating need;

(iii
)

The amount of monies or other forms of contribution public or private entities will provide in matching funds. Th
is
local match shall be in an amount of not less than one dollar ($1.00) for every three dollars ($3.00) of state funds provided.

(
c
)

The department of health shall prepare a request for proposal and solicit proposals from interested public and private entities to increase access to treatment for those who are addicted to metha
mphetamine and other
substances
.
The request for proposal shall:

(i)

Solicit proposals to provide treatment as set forth in this subsection;

(ii)

Require that proposals include an amount of monies or other forms of contributions that public or private entities will provide in matching funds. Th
is
local match shall be in an amount of not less than one dollar ($1.00) for every three dollars ($3.00) of state funds provided;

(i
ii
)

Require the proposals to set forth the manner in which the on-going operations of the program will be financially sustained;

(
i
v)

Include other provisions as may be deemed appropriate by the department of health.

(d)

Funding requests by the department
of health
for the purposes identified in this section shall be presented as a separate and specific program in any
budget request prepared by the department and submitted by the governor pursuant to W.S.
9
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2
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1011 and
9
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1012
, and not continued with any other program.

Section 2
.

For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2011, any funds remaining from state appropriations to the department of health which had been
included
in the department's budget requests to be expended for purposes specified in 2005 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 245, shall be expended only as provided in this section
.

Section 3
.

2005 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 245 is
repealed
.

Section
4
.

This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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