Public social services: alcohol and drug programs.

Under existing law, the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs is responsible for administering prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse and problem gambling. Existing law requires the department to issue allocations of state and federal funds available to counties to provide alcohol and other drug programs. Existing law also requires counties that utilize these funds to adopt and submit to the department a county plan and negotiated net amount contract for department review and approval or disapproval, as specified. This bill would, among other things, provide that, effective July 1, 2013, the administrative and programmatic functions that were previously performed by the department are transferred to departments within the California Health and Human Services Agency. It would also provide that the ultimate placement of these functions is contingent upon the Budget Act of 2013 and implementing legislation. The bill would, operative July 1, 2012, delete the county plan and negotiated net amount contract requirements and instead require counties that apply for funds to submit to the department a contract for federal funding from the state to provide alcohol and other drug prevention, treatment, and recovery services. It would declare that the state has an interest in a specified women and children's residential treatment services program, funded by federal grants, and state the Legislature's intent for the department to work with counties under the 2011 realignment to develop reporting requirements. The bill would generally remove references to state involvement and funding in reference to alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services in a county. The bill would authorize counties to establish drug courts subject to certain requirements and state oversight. This bill would also revise provisions pertaining to apportionment of penalties among counties. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal Drug Treatment Program (Drug Medi-Cal) , under which counties enter into contracts with a department within the California Health and Human Services Agency for the provision of various drug treatment services to Medi-Cal recipients, or the department directly arranges for the provision of these services if a county elects not to do so. Existing law requires, commencing July 1, 2012, that the administrative functions of the Drug Medi-Cal Program performed by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs be transferred to the State Department of Health Care Services in accordance with an administrative and programmatic transition plan. This bill would, operative July 1, 2012, make various changes to the statutory provisions regulating the Drug Medi-Cal program to conform these provisions to the above-described transfer requirement. This bill would appropriate $1,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.