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IN HB1422
Bill
Status
1/14/2015
Primary Sponsor
Wendy McNamara
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AI Summary
House Bill 1422 Summary
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Amends IC 11-12-3.8 to define "substance abuse treatment" as including addiction counseling, inpatient detoxification, and FDA-approved medication-assisted treatment for opioid and alcohol dependence.
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Appropriates $20,000,000 from the state general fund to the division of mental health and addiction for each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 and July 1, 2016, to support substance abuse treatment services for individuals in the criminal justice system.
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Allows the division of mental health and addiction to grant up to $5,000,000 per fiscal year to the department of correction specifically for medication-assisted treatment programs.
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Establishes the mental health and addiction forensic treatment services account to provide grants and vouchers for treatment services including mental health care, vocational services, housing assistance, and other recovery support.
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Effective July 1, 2015, with this appropriation section expiring July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Substance abuse appropriation. Defines "substance abuse treatment" for purposes of the statute concerning mental health and addiction forensic treatment services. Appropriates $20,000,000 in each state fiscal year of the biennium beginning July 1, 2015, to the division of mental health and addiction for substance abuse treatment in the context of mental health and addiction forensic treatment services.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/14/2015