ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
BILL NO. 0083
ENROLLED ACT NO.
73, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FIFTY-SIXTH
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2001
GENERAL SESSION
AN ACT relating to
administration of the government;
authorizing the
department of health to create a substance
abuse control
plan to reduce drug and alcohol abuse;
requiring a
report; providing an appropriation; and
providing for an
effective date.
Be It Enacted
by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section
1. W.S. 9-2-122 is created to read:
9-2-122. Substance abuse control
plan.
(a) The
department of health shall develop a
detailed,
comprehensive substance abuse control plan for
prevention, early
intervention and treatment designed to
curb alcohol and
controlled substance abuse in the state of
Wyoming.
(b) The
department of health or contractor shall
work, to the greatest
extent feasible, in collaboration
with the University of
Wyoming statistical analysis center
in determining
appropriate data regarding early warning
signs of substance
abuse.
(c) The plan
shall also recommend how the services of
schools, community
mental health centers, social service
providers, local health
care providers, law enforcement,
corrections and any
other entities presently available in
the state of Wyoming
can better serve the state in
responding to
substance abuse problems. The substance abuse
control plan should
decrease the potential overlapping of
these services while
maintaining a collaborative effort
among state and local
governmental entities and other
organizations to
assure maximum leveraging of resources,
including people and
money. The plan should identify and
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address the
filling of gaps in the continuum of needed
services. The
substance abuse control plan shall also
include
recommendations to the executive, legislative and
judicial branches of
the state of Wyoming regarding
programs and funding
determinations which those entities
may make.
(d) The
department of health shall report its
activities under this
section to the governor and the joint
labor, health and
social services interim committee not
later than October 1,
2001. The report shall include a
review of the data
obtained in developing the substance
abuse control plan and
recommendations for funding of
programs.
Section 2. Three hundred thousand dollars
($300,000.00)
is appropriated from the general fund to the
department of
health for purposes of this act.
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Section 3. This act is effective immediately upon
completion of all acts
necessary for a bill to become law
as provided by Article
4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
Constitution.
(END)
Speaker of
the House President of
the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House.
Chief Clerk
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