SF 414 (LSB 2344XS (2) 90)

SENATE FILE 414

BY  WEINER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to family-focused substance use disorder treatment and programming, and making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  FAMILY-FOCUSED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND PROGRAMMING —— APPROPRIATION.
   1.  The department of health and human services shall create a family-focused substance use disorder treatment and programming grant program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that provide such treatment and programming throughout the state. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the program including but not limited to rules regarding requirements for eligible programs, grant applications, any licensing requirements applicable to eligible programs, matching fund requirements, and the duration and maximum amount of a grant.
   2.  To be eligible for a grant, a nonprofit organization shall secure the commitment of a local government to provide matching funds of one dollar to every two dollars of state funding provided for the grant. A local government that receives opioid settlement funds directly as a result of a national settlement of litigation with entities that manufactured, marketed, sold, distributed, dispensed, or promoted opioids, made in connection with claims arising from the manufacturing, marketing, selling, distributing, dispensing, or promoting of opioids, may use such funds as the match of state funds for a grant.
   3.  For the purposes of this section:
   a.  “Family-focused substance use disorder treatment and programming” includes programs that afford the opportunity for a person with a substance use disorder to recover in an environment that meets the person’s needs by including children and other family members in the treatment process, providing family-based clinical care, and providing supportive and community-based services including child care, transportation, home visiting, mental health services, a medical home, employment training, housing, ongoing support, and linkages to other financial aid and human services programs, specific to the person.
   b.  “Local government” includes a county, city, or other local government entity within the geographic boundaries of the state.
   4.  There is appropriated from the opioid settlement fund created in section 12.51 to the department of health and human services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the family-focused substance use disorder treatment and programming grant program as described in this section:
   ...................................................................... $  2,000,000

   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to create a family-focused substance use disorder treatment and programming grant program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that provide such treatment and programming. The department shall adopt administrative rules to administer the program. To be eligible for a grant, a nonprofit organization shall secure the commitment of a local government to provide a 2:1 match of local funds to state funds for the grant. A local government that receives opioid settlement funds directly as a result of a national settlement may use the funds as the match of state funds for a grant.
   The bill defines the terms “family-focused substance use disorder treatment and programming” and “local government” for the purposes of the bill.
   The bill appropriates $2 million from the opioid settlement fund created in Code section 12.51 to HHS for FY 2023-2024 to be used for the family-focused substance use disorder treatment and programming grant program. Moneys appropriated that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.