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NC S407

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/28/2019

Primary Sponsor

Joyce Krawiec

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety, Governor's Crime Commission for the 2019-2020 fiscal year for county jail and detention center addiction treatment programs.

  • Funds support expansion, maintenance, or establishment of non-opioid, long-acting, injectable medication treatment regimens for inmates with alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, or both.

  • Individual grant awards capped at $200,000, with priority distribution to Forsyth, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, and Rutherford counties; counties must submit proposals by October 1, 2019.

  • Commission must establish a schedule requiring grant-receiving counties to submit effectiveness results and report findings to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by December 1, 2020.

  • Act becomes effective July 1, 2019.

Legislative Description

Funds to Aid Jails with Addiction Treatment

Last Action

Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

4/3/2019

Committee Referrals

Appropriations/Base Budget4/3/2019
Rules and Operations of the Senate4/1/2019

Full Bill Text

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