Legislation

Title: Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services
Sponsored by: Delegates Hayes, Cullison, Anderton, Angel, Barron, Hill, Kelly, Kipke, McIntosh, Miele, Morales, Pena-Melnyk, Platt, Reznik, and K. Young
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring the Cigarette Restitution Fund to include a separate account to be used for substance use treatment, with priority given to residential treatment services, recovery support housing, and specified crisis response services, and for rate adjustments for specified agencies or programs; requiring specified distributions from the account to be used to supplement and not supplant specified other funds; prohibiting more than $10,000,000 from being appropriated from the account in any fiscal year; etc.

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Original:: Health and Government Operations Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0474

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1618 Session: 2016 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2017

Bill imposes a mandated appropriation in the annual State Budget Bill

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/30/2017 Legislative Date 1/30/2017 Action First Reading Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/08/2017 Legislative Date 2/08/2017 Action Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	1/30/2017	1/30/2017	First Reading Health and Government Operations
			Text - First - Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services
House	2/08/2017	2/08/2017	Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.

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