11759-11759.4
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 11759-11759.4
11759. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Recovery Program Act of 1998. 11759.1. The department, in collaboration with counties and providers of alcohol and other drug services, shall establish community-based nonresidential and residential recovery programs to intervene and treat the problems of alcohol and other drug use among youth. 11759.2. The department, in collaboration with counties and providers of alcohol and other drug services, shall establish criteria for participation, programmatic requirements, and terms and conditions for funding. These criteria shall include, but not be limited to, local match requirements of 10 percent, either in-kind or in cash. The criteria shall also include consideration of indicators of alcohol and other drug use among youth so that funds are targeted to localities with the highest need. 11759.3. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude regional approaches to service delivery by counties, including the utilization of community-based nonresidential and residential programs. 11759.4. Not later than January 1 of each year, the department, in collaboration with the counties and providers of alcohol and other drug services, shall report to the Legislature during budget hearings regarding the status of the implementation of this chapter.