Bill Text: OH HB634 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: To establish treatment and diversion grants, to make a cash transfer, and to make an appropriation.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-08 - To Education [HB634 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB634-Introduced.html
As Introduced

130th General Assembly
Regular Session
2013-2014
H. B. No. 634


Representatives Beck, Milkovich 

Cosponsors: Representatives Rogers, Strahorn, Stebelton 



A BILL
To establish treatment and diversion grants, to make 1
a cash transfer, and to make an appropriation.2


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1.  All items in this section are hereby appropriated 3
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the 4
credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this 5
act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2014 and those 6
in the second column are for fiscal year 2015. The appropriations 7
made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made 8
for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium.9

MHA Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
10

General Services Fund11

XXXX 335XXX Treatment and Diversion Grants $ 0 $ 1,500,000 12
TOTAL GSF General Services Fund $ 0 $ 1,500,000 13
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 0 $ 1,500,000 14

       TREATMENT AND DIVERSION GRANTS15

       Of the foregoing appropriation item 335XXX, Treatment and 16
Diversion Grants Services, $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall be 17
used to provide treatment and diversion grants to alcohol, drug 18
addiction, and mental health services boards. These grants shall 19
be used to provide alternatives to prosecution or incarceration 20
for persons who are or may be charged with, or who are convicted 21
of, an offense related to the person's use or abuse of alcohol or 22
other drugs. Services provided under the grants may include, but 23
not be limited to, transportation, housing, and case management.24

       An alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services board 25
that receives a grant under this section shall submit data 26
requested by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction 27
Services to the Department on the twenty-eighth day of each month.28

       The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall 29
analyze the data submitted and prepare a report that evaluates the 30
effectiveness of the program. The Department of Mental Health and 31
Addiction Services may request any data regarding projects funded 32
by the grant that is necessary to evaluate the program from the 33
grant recipients. The Department shall submit the report to the 34
Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, the House 35
Minority Leader, and the Senate Minority Leader.36

       Section 2.  Upon the effective date of this section, or as 37
soon as possible thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management 38
shall transfer $1,500,000 cash from the Local Government 39
Innovation Fund (Fund 5KN0) to the Treatment and Diversion Grants 40
Fund (Fund XXXX).41

       Section 3.  Within the limits set forth in this act, the 42
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts 43
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation 44
made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which 45
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from 46
appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as 47
though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly.48

       The appropriations made in this act are subject to all 49
provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly that 50
are generally applicable to such appropriations. 51

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