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S1257............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS - Appropriates $490,000 to the
Department of Health and Welfare for community-based substance abuse
treatment services for fiscal year 2001; appropriates $2,201,000 to the
Department of Health and Welfare for community-based substance abuse
treatment services for fiscal year 2002; appropriates $576,000 to the
Department of Health and Welfare for substance abuse treatment services
that support the drug court program; appropriates $1,176,800 to the
Department of Correction for substance abuse treatment programs;
appropriates $732,900 to the Department of Correction for evaluation of the
effectiveness of substance abuse programs and to provide assessments to
support the drug courts; appropriates $812,400 to the Department of
Correction for substance abuse treatment programs for offenders on parole
and probation; provides legislative intent that the Department of Health
and Welfare and Idaho Supreme Court enter into an agreement concerning the
development of treatment options for drug court participants; provides
intent that the Department of Health and Welfare develop specifications for
contracts for substance abuse services for clients under the supervision of
the drug courts; provides intent regarding assessment by the Department of
Correction of offenders receiving substance abuse treatment; provides
intent that the Department of Health and Welfare assess clients receiving
substance abuse treatment; reappropriates certain unexpended and
unencumbered balances to the Division of Family and Community Services in
the Department of Health and Welfare; provides 47.5 additional full-time
equivalent positions for the Department of Correction for fiscal year 2002;
and adds to existing law to provide a special oversight committee on state
funded substance abuse treatment.
03/16 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/19 Rpt prt - to Fin
Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/21 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, Lodge,
Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen, Stennett,
Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Davis, Stegner
Floor Sponsor -- Keough
Title apvd - to House
03/21 House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
03/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/28 3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-2-2
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz,
Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Cuddy,
Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen, Harwood, Henbest(Farley), Higgins,
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle,
Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman,
Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young(Young), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- McKague, Roberts
Absent and excused -- Crow, Gould
Floor Sponsor -- Meyer
Title apvd - to Senate
03/29 To enrol
Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/30 Sp signed - to Governor
04/09 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 362
Effective: 04/09/01, Section 1
07/01/01, all other sections
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1257
BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE INITIATIVE; APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS TO
3 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE
4 TREATMENT SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001; APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE
5 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE
6 TREATMENT SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002; APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE
7 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES
8 THAT SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE DRUG COURT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002;
9 APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FOR EXPANDING RESI-
10 DENTIAL AND GROUP SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS IN STATE PRISONS FOR
11 FISCAL YEAR 2002; APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FOR
12 EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS OFFERED
13 BY THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR PROVIDING CRIMINOGENIC ASSESSMENTS TO SUPPORT
14 DRUG COURTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002; APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT
15 OF CORRECTION FOR PROVIDING SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS TO OFFEND-
16 ERS ON PAROLE AND PROBATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE
17 INTENT WITH REGARD TO AN INTERBRANCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE IDAHO SUPREME
18 COURT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE
19 INTENT WITH REGARD TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS;
20 EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO OFFENDER TREATMENT AND
21 DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO FILE A REPORT; EXPRESSING LEGIS-
22 LATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO APPROPRIATE TREATMENT SERVICES PROVIDED BY
23 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE; REAPPROPRIATING CERTAIN UNEXPENDED
24 AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCES OF MONEYS; AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE 67, IDAHO
25 CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-465, IDAHO CODE, TO CREATE A
26 SPECIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON STATE FUNDED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT;
27 PROVIDING FORTY-SEVEN AND FIVE-TENTHS ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
28 POSITIONS; PROVIDING AN EMERGENCY FOR SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT; AND PROVIDING
29 A SUNSET DATE FOR SECTION 12 OF THIS ACT.
30 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
31 SECTION 1. The sum of $490,000 is hereby appropriated from the General
32 Fund for deposit into the Cooperative Welfare Fund for the Division of Family
33 and Community Services in the Department of Health and Welfare for community-
34 based substance abuse treatment services for the period July 1, 2000, through
35 June 30, 2001.
36 SECTION 2. The sum of $2,201,000 is hereby appropriated from the General
37 Fund for deposit into the Cooperative Welfare Fund for the Division of Family
38 and Community Services in the Department of Health and Welfare for community-
39 based substance abuse treatment services for the period July 1, 2001, through
40 June 30, 2002.
41 SECTION 3. The sum of $576,000 is hereby appropriated from the General
42 Fund for deposit into the Cooperative Welfare Fund for the Division of Family
2
1 and Community Services in the Department of Health and Welfare for substance
2 abuse treatment services that support the expansion of the drug court program
3 for the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002.
4 SECTION 4. The sum of $1,176,800 is hereby appropriated from the General
5 Fund to the Department of Correction for the Division of Prisons to expand
6 residential and group substance abuse treatment programs in state prisons for
7 the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002.
8 SECTION 5. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Correction
9 for the Division of Institutional Support the following amounts to be expended
10 according to the designated expense classes from the listed funds for the
11 period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002, to evaluate the effectiveness of
12 substance abuse treatment programs offered by the Department of Correction;
13 and to provide criminogenic assessments to support drug courts:
14 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT:
15 FOR:
16 Personnel Costs $245,600
17 Operating Expenditures 468,300
18 Capital Outlay 19,000
19 TOTAL $732,900
20 FROM:
21 General Fund $493,100
22 Federal Grant Fund 239,800
23 TOTAL $732,900
24 SECTION 6. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Correction
25 for the Division of Field and Community Services the following amounts to be
26 expended according to the designated expense classes from the listed fund for
27 the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002, to provide substance abuse
28 treatment programs to offenders on parole and probation:
29 FIELD AND COMMUNITY SERVICES:
30 FOR:
31 Personnel Costs $637,700
32 Operating Expenditures 77,700
33 Capital Outlay 97,000
34 TOTAL $812,400
35 FROM:
36 General Fund $812,400
37 SECTION 7. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature that
38 the Department of Health and Welfare negotiate and enter into an interbranch
39 agreement with the Idaho Supreme Court concerning the development of treatment
40 options for drug court participants as funded in Section 3 of this act. Issues
41 that should be covered in the agreement include a description of treatment
42 services, notification and discharge communication, treatment and referral
43 criteria, confidentiality issues, frequency and type of client contact,
44 assessment criteria, provisions for periodic review and modification, and
45 other relevant information as determined by the parties.
46 SECTION 8. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature that
47 the Department of Health and Welfare shall develop specifications for con-
48 tracts for substance abuse services for clients under the supervision of the
49 drug courts, including assessments made before entering into the drug court
50 program, in conjunction with and subject to the approval of the drug court
3
1 coordinating committee in the Idaho Supreme Court.
2 SECTION 9. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature that
3 the Department of Correction demonstrate that offenders receiving substance
4 abuse treatment be assessed and matched to an appropriate intensity and type
5 of treatment. It is further declared to be the intent of the Legislature that
6 the Department of Correction shall report to the Joint Finance-Appropriations
7 Committee, Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee, and the House of Representa-
8 tives Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee, within thirty (30) days
9 after the 2002 Legislature convenes, the number of offenders whose treatment
10 is interrupted, the number of offenders transferred out of programs before
11 completion, the number of dropouts, and the rates of completion for all
12 offenders enrolled in substance abuse treatment.
13 SECTION 10. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature
14 that the Department of Health and Welfare demonstrate that clients receiving
15 substance abuse treatment be assessed and matched to an appropriate intensity
16 and type of treatment.
17 SECTION 11. It is hereby reappropriated to the Idaho Department of Health
18 and Welfare for the Division of Family and Community Services the unexpended
19 and unencumbered balance of the General Fund appropriation made in Section 1
20 of this act for the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002.
21 SECTION 12. That Chapter 4, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
22 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
23 ignated as Section 67-465, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
24 67-465. SPECIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON STATE FUNDED SUBSTANCE ABUSE
25 TREATMENT. In order to maintain a degree of continuous oversight on the coor-
26 dination of service delivery of state funded substance abuse treatment, there
27 is hereby established a special oversight committee on state funded substance
28 abuse treatment.
29 The committee shall consist of five (5) members of the senate and five (5)
30 members of the house of representatives. Representation shall consist of the
31 chairman of the senate judiciary and rules committee, the chairman of the sen-
32 ate health and welfare committee, the chairman of the senate finance commit-
33 tee, the chairman of the house of representatives judiciary, rules and admin-
34 istration committee, the chairman of the house of representatives health and
35 welfare committee, and the chairman of the house of representatives appropria-
36 tions committee or their designee. The president pro tempore of the senate
37 and the speaker of the house of representatives each shall appoint two (2)
38 additional members from the respective bodies. The president pro tempore of
39 the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each appoint
40 a cochairman from among the appointed members. The cochairman shall have the
41 authority to appoint ad hoc members of the general public for special projects
42 and issues.
43 The committee shall have the primary duty of monitoring and reviewing
44 aspects of substance abuse treatment services delivered by the department of
45 health and welfare, the department of correction, and those state funded ser-
46 vices delivered by drug courts. The director of the department of health and
47 welfare and the director of the department of correction shall provide all the
48 necessary information and materials as requested by the committee.
49 Members of the committee shall be compensated from the legislative fund on
50 order of the president pro tempore of the senate or the speaker of the house
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1 of representatives at the rates applicable for committee members of the legis-
2 lative council. The committee shall meet with the permission of the president
3 pro tempore of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives.
4 SECTION 13. In addition to the authorization for full-time equivalent
5 positions provided in Senate Bill No. 1226, enacted by the First Regular Ses-
6 sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Department of Correction is
7 authorized forty-seven and five-tenths (47.5) full-time equivalent positions
8 for the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002.
9 SECTION 14. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
10 declared to exist, Section 1 of this act shall be in full force and effect on
11 and after passage and approval.
12 SECTION 15. Section 12 of this act shall be null, void and of no force
13 and effect on and after April 15, 2006.
Statement of Purpose
RS11229C1
This bill appropriates money to the Department of Health & Welfare
and the Department of Correction to implement the Substance Abuse
Initiative for FY 2001 and FY 2002. This appropriation provides
$490,000 for community-based treatment to the Dept. of Health &
Welfare for FY 2001. This brings community-based treatment up to
a total of $8,620,100, and then maintains this same level of funding
for FY 2002. Because Health & Welfare used one-time federal funds
in FY 2001 for treatment - this bill provides $2,201,000 in General
Funds to offset the unavailability of these federal funds in FY 2002.
It also provides $576,000 to the Dept. of Health & Welfare to support
the substance abuse treatment needs of the Drug Courts and includes
intent language to guide the process of contract selection of
treatment providers to meet the needs of the Drug Courts. This bill
appropriates $1,176,800 to the Dept. of Correction to increase the
number of residential treatment beds and to provide group counseling
to offenders in the prison system. Capacity for residential beds will
increase by 150%, from a capacity of 559 served per year to a
capacity of 1,340. Of the total 1,340 beds, 309 will serve female
offenders and 1,031 will serve male offenders. Group counseling
contacts in prison will increase from 905 contacts to 1,045 contacts
per month for an increase of 16%. It also provides $812,400 to expand
out-patient treatment by 61% from 899 contacts per month to 1,439
contacts per month. These contacts will take place with probationers
and parolees in Field & Community Services district offices. Included
in this bill is $493,100 in General Funds, and $239,800 in federal
funds to the Division of Institutional Support to evaluate the
effectiveness of substance abuse treatment programs offered by the
Dept. of Correction.
This bill provides guidance to the executive agencies involved about
the importance of matching clients to the appropriate intensity and
type of treatment. The intent of this guidance is to maximize the
effectiveness of each dollar spent on treatment services. The bill
also creates a special legislative oversight committee to monitor
and review all aspects of the substance abuse treatment services
delivered by the Dept. of Health & Welfare, the Dept. of Correction,
and those state-funded services delivered by the Drug Courts. The
committee shall have the discretion of meeting when necessary with
the permission of the Pro Tempore or the Speaker of the House.
Fiscal Note
The fiscal impact of this bill to the General Fund is as follows:
Dept. of Health & Welfare: FY 2001 FY 2002
Div of Family & Community Services $490,000 $3,267,000
($490,000+$2,201,000+$576,000 = $3,267,000)
Dept. of Correction:
Prisons Division $1,176,800
Field & Community Services 812,400
Div of Institutional Support 493,100
Dept. Total $2,482,300
Initiative Total in FY 2002 $5,749,300
Contact: Cathy Holland-Smith 334-4731
Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note S 1257