GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 963

Short Title:  Substance Abuse Pilot Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Guilford.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES, FOR PILOT PROGRAMS TO ESTABLISH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS FOR ADOLESCENTS.
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 Youth Services, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year to be used to provide grants for up to five pilot programs to establish a substance abuse program for adolescents.
(b) The Division of Youth Services, the Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse Services Branch in the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall jointly establish guidelines for awarding grants and for the operation of the pilot programs.
(c)	Of the funds appropriated in this section, the Division of Youth Services shall make available the sum of at least seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) and no more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to Making It Upstream, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for a pilot program to treat adolescents with substance abuse problems, if Making It Upstream, Inc., meets the guidelines established by the Division of Youth Services, the Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse Services Branch in the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(d)	Making It Upstream, Inc., and other pilot programs established pursuant to this act shall provide an annual report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the expenditure of State funds.
(e) The Division of Youth Services, the Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse Services Branch in the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall report on the pilot programs to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees by May 15, 1998.  The report shall include an evaluation of the pilot programs and any recommendations, including the number of clients served, the quality of services, the cost-effectiveness of the services, and the benefits of the programs to the adolescents.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.