Bill Text: AZ HB2358 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Prevention education; appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-02 - Referred to House APPROP Committee [HB2358 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2016-HB2358-Introduced.html
|
REFERENCE TITLE: prevention education; appropriation |
|
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
|
|
HB 2358 |
|
|
|
Introduced by Representatives Carter: Brophy McGee
|
AN ACT
appropriating monies to the department of health services.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Supplemental appropriation; department of health services; training materials; proactive prevention education; exemption
A. In addition to the appropriation made by Laws 2015, chapter 8, section 50, the sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2015-2016 to the department of health services to provide grants on a competitive basis for the development of training materials for a proactive prevention education program for middle and high school students in this state. The program must:
1. Promote positive life choices by educating middle and high school students about the harms and consequences of destructive behaviors in order to reduce the motivation to abuse substances and be involved in harmful social environments.
2. Include a proactive prevention component focused on substance abuse, violence and other risky behaviors.
3. Include an educational component focused on mental health.
B. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
