Bill > HB479

This bill appropriates $30 million from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, to be distributed to various entities and programs in Alabama. This includes $1 million to the Department of Corrections for medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders in state prisons, $5.49 million to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for substance abuse treatment and services, $20.51 million to the Department of Mental Health for various initiatives, and smaller allocations to Auburn University College of Pharmacy, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Department of Public Health for opioid-related education, training, and naloxone distribution. The bill also allows any unspent funds to carry forward for the same purposes in the next fiscal year.

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