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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Jones J.C.
Co-Patron(s): Carr, Davis, Wampler
Clarify Medication Assisted Treatment Funding Use (language only)

Item 322 #4h

Item 322 #4h

Health and Human Resources
Grants to Localities

Language

Page 339, line 19, after "CC." insert "1."

Page 339, line 20, after "treatment" insert:

", including associated medical or patient provider support services,".

Page 339, line 25, after "(ii) in an" insert "state".

Page 339, line 27, after "regimens." insert:

"For the purposes of this paragraph, the department shall require any Community Service Board receiving this funding to make a portion of the funding directly available to prisons or jails, and the Community Service Board shall report to the department the process for notifying the jail or prison of the funding, and the amount, and date, the funding was distributed to any jail or prison."

Page 339, after line 27, insert:

"2. In expending any amount, the department shall prioritize allocation of the funding to any portion of treatment services that are not otherwise covered by Medicaid or private insurance. The department shall report on the use of this funding to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees no later than December 1 of each year, and shall provide information on how the funds are allocated, the number of individuals treated by each of the FDA-approved medications, any available outcome-based data specific to treatment engagement and impact on access, and information on the Community Service Board notification and distribution process for jail and prison funding."



Explanation

(This amendment clarifies that the $5.0 million annual funding from the general fund for medication assisted treatment can be used for medical or patient provider support services. It clarifies that: (i) an institution is a state institution; and (ii) the Community Service Board (CSB) must, in keeping with the existing provision that requires a portion of the funding to be distributed to prisons and jails, must provide this funding to prisons and jails and the CSB must provide the department with information on how the CSB notified the jail or prison of the funding and the amount and date any funding was distributed by the CSB to a jail or prison. Language also requires the department to prioritize allocation of the funding to treatment services that are not covered by Medicaid or private insurance and
requires the department to submit a report to the Chair of House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees on the allocation of the funds, the numbers of treated individual using any of the FDA approved medications, any available outcome data, and information on the CSB notification and distribution of funds to jails and prisons.)