GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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HOUSE BILL 92

Short Title:  Subst. Abuse Serv./Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Richardson, Kuczmarski, Wright; Spears, Crawford, H. Hunter, Bowman, Cunningham, and Wainwright.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 14, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FOR ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS ON PROBATION AND PAROLE WHO ARE ASSESSED AS NEEDING THESE SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the sum of ten million fifty thousand dollars ($10,050,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to fund substance abuse services for adult and juvenile offenders on probation and parole and assessed as needing these services.  Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of these funds shall be awarded by the Division, in consultation with the Division of Youth Services and with the Department of Correction, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Department of Justice, on a Request for Proposal basis to providers of services prescribed in this section.  The Division shall give priority to providers who provide half-way house beds and services for probationers and parolees with substance abuse problems who are determined to be indigent.  The remaining fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of these funds shall be used by the Division to develop, in consultation with the Division of Youth Services and with the Department of Correction, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Department of Justice, the Request for Proposal process, to administer the award process and to monitor the providers' distribution and use of the award.
The Department of Human Resources shall adopt rules, in consultation with the Department of Correction, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Department of Justice to administer this program.
(b) This program shall become a part of the Department of Human Resources, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services' continuation budget.
(c) The Division of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services shall report to the General Assembly annually by March 1, beginning by March 1, 1995, on the distribution and allocation of these funds.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.