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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND – APPROPRIATION. 1 2 There is appropriated from the tobacco settlement fund created 1 3 in section 12.65 to the Iowa department of public health for 1 4 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 1 5 2001, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 1 6 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated: 1 7 For additional substance abuse treatment under the 1 8 substance abuse treatment program: 1 9 .................................................. $ 11,888,946 1 10 1. The department shall use funds appropriated in this 1 11 section to enhance the quality of and to expand the capacity 1 12 to provide 24-hour substance abuse treatment programs. 1 13 2. The department shall use funds appropriated in this 1 14 section to expand the length of individual client substance 1 15 abuse treatment plans, as necessary to reduce program 1 16 recidivism. 1 17 3. The department shall share research-based best 1 18 practices for treatment with substance abuse treatment 1 19 facilities. 1 20 4. The department shall develop a results-based funding 1 21 approach for substance abuse treatment services. 1 22 5. The department shall develop a program to encourage 1 23 individuals who are successfully managing their substance 1 24 abuse problems to serve as role models. 1 25 Sec. 2. Section 12.65, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 26 follows: 1 27 12.65 TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND. 1 28 1. A tobacco settlement fund is created in the office of 1 29 the treasurer of state. After payment of litigation costs, 1 30 the state portion of any moneys paid to the state by tobacco 1 31 companies in settlement of the state's lawsuit for recovery of 1 32 public expenditures associated with tobacco use shall be 1 33 deposited in the tobacco settlement fund. Moneys deposited in 1 34 the fund shall be used only as provided in appropriations from 1 35 the fundto the department of human services for the medical2 1assistance program and to the Iowa department of public health2 2 for health care-related programsto reduce smoking by teenage2 3youth. For purposes of this section, "litigation costs" are 2 4 those costs itemized by the attorney general and submitted to 2 5 and approved by thegeneral assemblyexecutive council. 2 6 2. On June 30, 2001, the balance remaining in the tobacco 2 7 settlement fund shall be transferred to the general fund of 2 8 the state. Beginning July 1, 2001, the tobacco settlement 2 9 fund shall be considered part of the general fund of the 2 10 state. However, the state portion of the moneys received 2 11 shall only be appropriated for health care-related programs. 2 12 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section in this Act amending 2 13 section 12.65, being deemed of immediate importance, takes 2 14 effect upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to July 2 15 1, 1999. 2 16 EXPLANATION 2 17 This bill relates to the tobacco settlement fund and, makes 2 18 appropriations from the fund to the Iowa department of public 2 19 health, and provides conforming provisions relating to the 2 20 expenditure of the funds. 2 21 The bill appropriates $11,888,946 to the Iowa department of 2 22 public health for additional substance abuse treatment. Under 2 23 this appropriation, the department is directed: to enhance 2 24 the quality of and to expand capacity to provide 24-hour 2 25 substance abuse treatment programs for children; to expand the 2 26 length of individual client substance abuse treatment plans, 2 27 as necessary to reduce recidivism; to share research-based 2 28 best practices for treatment with substance abuse treatment 2 29 facilities; to develop a results-based funding approach for 2 30 substance abuse treatment services; and to develop a program 2 31 to encourage individuals who are successfully managing their 2 32 substance abuse problems to serve as role models. 2 33 The bill also amends codified provisions relating to the 2 34 tobacco settlement fund and to the provisions of the bill. 2 35 The bill amends Code section 12.65, the tobacco settlement 3 1 fund, to provide that moneys deposited in the fund shall be 3 2 used only as provided in appropriations from the fund and for 3 3 health care-related programs. The amendment to the section 3 4 also provides that litigation costs, which are to be paid 3 5 prior to deposit of moneys in the fund, are to be submitted to 3 6 and approved by the executive council, which as provided in 3 7 Code section 7D.1 includes the governor, secretary of state, 3 8 auditor of state, treasurer of state, and the secretary of 3 9 agriculture. The bill also amends Code section 12.65 to 3 10 provide that the balance remaining in the tobacco settlement 3 11 fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the state. 3 12 Additionally, beginning July 1, 2001, the tobacco settlement 3 13 fund is to be considered part of the general fund of the 3 14 state. However, the state portion of the tobacco settlement 3 15 funds are to continue to only be appropriated for health care- 3 16 related programs. Code section 12.65 as amended in the bill 3 17 is effective upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to 3 18 July 1, 1999. 3 19 LSB 5483XS 78 3 20 pf/as/5
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