Assembly Bill No. 548–Committee on Ways and Means

 

May 16, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Abolishes Commission on Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, Enforcement and Treatment within Department of Public Safety. (BDR 40‑1343)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to public health; abolishing the Commission on Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, Enforcement and Treatment within the Department of Public Safety; abolishing the Fund for Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, Enforcement and Treatment; providing for the transfer of money in the Fund to the Department of Human Resources’ Gift Fund; repealing the requirement of establishing pilot projects in family resource centers to provide services relating to substance abuse; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1.  1.  NRS 458.370, 458.380, 458.390, 458.400,

1-2  458.420, 458.431 and 458.441 are hereby repealed.

1-3  2.  Sections 37 and 38 of chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 1999,

1-4  at pages 1891 and 1892, respectively, are hereby repealed.

1-5  Sec. 2.  1.  The State Controller shall transfer any balance in

1-6  the Fund for Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, Enforcement

1-7  and Treatment, created by NRS 458.400, which has not been

1-8  committed for expenditure on or before June 30, 2003, to the

1-9  Department of Human Resources’ Gift Fund, created by

1-10  NRS 232.355.

2-1  2.  Money transferred from the Fund for Substance Abuse

2-2  Education, Prevention, Enforcement and Treatment to the

2-3  Department of Human Resources’ Gift Fund pursuant to this

2-4  section:

2-5  (a) Must be accounted for separately within the Department of

2-6  Human Resources’ Gift Fund; and

2-7  (b) If any of the money was initially accepted as part of a gift or

2-8  grant that restricted the expenditure of the money for a specific

2-9  purpose, that money must, to the extent practicable, be expended in

2-10  a manner consistent with the restriction.

2-11      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

2-12  LEADLINES OF REPEALED SECTIONS OF NRS AND

2-13  TEXT OF REPEALED SECTIONS OF STATUTES OF NEVADA

 

2-14      458.370  Definitions.

2-15      458.380  Creation; membership; terms and compensation of

2-16  members.

2-17      458.390  Meetings; quorum; subcommittees; rules.

2-18      458.400  Acceptance of gifts, grants, appropriations and

2-19  donations; Fund for Substance Abuse Education, Prevention,

2-20  Enforcement and Treatment.

2-21      458.420  General duties.

2-22      458.431  Coordination of services relating to mental health

2-23  with services relating to substance abuse.

2-24      458.441  Substance abuse by adolescents and adults: Report

2-25  card; list of programs.

 

2-26      Section 37 of chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 1999:

2-27      Sec. 37.  1.  The department of human resources shall

2-28  establish three pilot projects in family resource centers as

2-29  follows:

2-30      (a) One pilot project must be located in a family resource

2-31  center that is located in a county whose population is 400,000

2-32  or more;

2-33      (b) One pilot project must be located in a family resource

2-34  center that is located in a county whose population is 100,000

2-35  or more but less than 400,000; and

3-1  (c) One pilot project must be located in a family resource

3-2  center that is located in a county whose population is less

3-3  than 100,000.

3-4  2.  Each pilot project must provide families with services

3-5  related to the prevention of substance abuse and intervention

3-6  into problems of substance abuse.

3-7  3.  The commission shall:

3-8  (a) Define the scope of the services that must be provided

3-9  by the pilot projects;

3-10      (b) Prepare requests for proposals based on the scope of

3-11  the services needed;

3-12      (c) Set appropriate deadlines for receiving such proposals;

3-13      (d) Accept such proposals; and

3-14      (e) Review on a competitive basis the proposals submitted

3-15  and award the pilot projects.

3-16      4.  The local governing board of a family resource center

3-17  in which a pilot project has been established shall, for each

3-18  calendar year in which the family resource center provides

3-19  services pursuant to the pilot project, submit a report to the

3-20  commission and the director of the department of human

3-21  resources, and to the director of the legislative counsel bureau

3-22  for transmittal to the appropriate legislative committees. The

3-23  report must include:

3-24      (a) The kinds of services offered pursuant to the pilot

3-25  project during the previous 12 months;

3-26      (b) The number of adolescents and adults who received

3-27  services pursuant to the pilot project during the previous 12

3-28  months;

3-29      (c) An estimate of the number of adolescents and adults in

3-30  the community served by the family resource center who are

3-31  or may be in need of services relating to substance abuse, and

3-32  a description of the services needed; and

3-33      (d) Such other information as the commission or the

3-34  director of the department of human resources requests.

3-35      5.  As used in this section:

3-36      (a) “Commission” means the commission on substance

3-37  abuse education, prevention, enforcement and treatment

3-38  created within the department of motor vehicles and public

3-39  safety pursuant to NRS 458.380.

3-40      (b) “Family resource center” means a family resource

3-41  center established and operated pursuant to chapter 430A of

3-42  NRS.

3-43      Section 38 of chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 1999:

3-44      Sec. 38.  The bureau of alcohol and drug abuse in the

3-45  department of human resources shall make available from its

4-1  existing federal and state funding sources the sum of

4-2  $158,400 for the three pilot projects to be established

4-3  pursuant to section 37 of this act.

 

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