Senate File 414 - Introduced SENATE FILE 414 BY WEINER A BILL FOR An Act relating to family-focused substance use disorder 1 treatment and programming, and making an appropriation. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2344XS (2) 90 pf/rh
S.F. 414 Section 1. FAMILY-FOCUSED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT 1 AND PROGRAMMING —— APPROPRIATION. 2 1. The department of health and human services shall 3 create a family-focused substance use disorder treatment and 4 programming grant program to provide grants to nonprofit 5 organizations that provide such treatment and programming 6 throughout the state. The department shall adopt rules 7 pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the program including 8 but not limited to rules regarding requirements for eligible 9 programs, grant applications, any licensing requirements 10 applicable to eligible programs, matching fund requirements, 11 and the duration and maximum amount of a grant. 12 2. To be eligible for a grant, a nonprofit organization 13 shall secure the commitment of a local government to provide 14 matching funds of one dollar to every two dollars of state 15 funding provided for the grant. A local government that 16 receives opioid settlement funds directly as a result of 17 a national settlement of litigation with entities that 18 manufactured, marketed, sold, distributed, dispensed, or 19 promoted opioids, made in connection with claims arising 20 from the manufacturing, marketing, selling, distributing, 21 dispensing, or promoting of opioids, may use such funds as the 22 match of state funds for a grant. 23 3. For the purposes of this section: 24 a. “Family-focused substance use disorder treatment and 25 programming” includes programs that afford the opportunity 26 for a person with a substance use disorder to recover in an 27 environment that meets the person’s needs by including children 28 and other family members in the treatment process, providing 29 family-based clinical care, and providing supportive and 30 community-based services including child care, transportation, 31 home visiting, mental health services, a medical home, 32 employment training, housing, ongoing support, and linkages to 33 other financial aid and human services programs, specific to 34 the person. 35 -1- LSB 2344XS (2) 90 pf/rh 1/ 3
S.F. 414 b. “Local government” includes a county, city, or other 1 local government entity within the geographic boundaries of the 2 state. 3 4. There is appropriated from the opioid settlement fund 4 created in section 12.51 to the department of health and human 5 services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending 6 June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 7 necessary, to be used for the family-focused substance use 8 disorder treatment and programming grant program as described 9 in this section: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000,000 11 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 12 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of 13 the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for 14 expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the 15 succeeding fiscal year. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill requires the department of health and human 20 services (HHS) to create a family-focused substance use 21 disorder treatment and programming grant program to provide 22 grants to nonprofit organizations that provide such treatment 23 and programming. The department shall adopt administrative 24 rules to administer the program. To be eligible for a grant, a 25 nonprofit organization shall secure the commitment of a local 26 government to provide a 2:1 match of local funds to state 27 funds for the grant. A local government that receives opioid 28 settlement funds directly as a result of a national settlement 29 may use the funds as the match of state funds for a grant. 30 The bill defines the terms “family-focused substance use 31 disorder treatment and programming” and “local government” for 32 the purposes of the bill. 33 The bill appropriates $2 million from the opioid settlement 34 fund created in Code section 12.51 to HHS for FY 2023-2024 to 35 -2- LSB 2344XS (2) 90 pf/rh 2/ 3
S.F. 414 be used for the family-focused substance use disorder treatment 1 and programming grant program. Moneys appropriated that remain 2 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year 3 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure 4 for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding 5 fiscal year. 6 -3- LSB 2344XS (2) 90 pf/rh 3/ 3