| Account | Description | FY2015 Spending |
FY2016 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4512-0200 | Bureau of Substance Abuse Services For the bureau of substance abuse services, including a program to reimburse driver alcohol education programs for services provided for court adjudicated indigent clients; provided, that programs in substantial regulatory and contractual compliance shall receive the same percentage level of funding in fiscal year 2016 as received in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a pilot program for young adults 17 to 25 years of age to address substance abuse issues for this age group; provided further, that not less than the amount appropriated in item 4512-0200 of section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014 shall be expended for the Gavin Foundation; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a statewide program to improve the care and training for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome at hospital-based facilities that care for mothers and newborns, including the ten level III neonatal intensive care units in the commonwealth; provided further, that the program shall encourage collaboration between medical providers, community organizations and public health agencies to educate and increase the standardization of practices while developing a robust statewide database to allow for measured improvements in care and outcomes for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome, including reductions in length of stay and pharmacologic treatment; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Berkshire County Youth Development Project for youth intervention services; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Merrimack Valley Opiod Abuse Prevention Collaborative toward resources and community outreach; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to fund the Charlestown Against Drugs (CHAD) program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Serenity House residential program to expand substance treatment and case management services for pregnant and postpartum women; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for substance abuse prevention for the department of youth and families in Hopkinton; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Decisions at Every Turn Coalition in the town of Ashland to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youths; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended on new clinical stabilization services beds; provided further, that the department of public health shall ensure that vendors providing methadone treatment shall seek third party reimbursement for these services; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Drug Story Theater of the South Shore's pilot program for substance abuse prevention and education; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purpose of hiring a substance abuse coalition coordinator in the town of Stoneham; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the New Beginnings program that targets youth at risk and in recovery in collaboration with school districts; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Project RIGHT's substance abuse and trauma prevention initiative in the Grove Hall area of Boston; provided further, that not less than $95,000 shall be expended for the Eastern Massachusetts Goal Setting and Relapse Prevention program in collaboration with the Juvenile Court Department office situated in Dedham; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Self-Esteem Boston's direct services programs for women in the Boston region and provider training programs; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for integrated treatment and stabilization services for individuals and families with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Behavioral Health and Outpatient Substance Abuse Services to provide counseling and treatment for individuals suffering from behavioral health challenges or substance abuse at the Dimock Community Center; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for a voluntary training and accreditation program for owners and operators of alcohol and drug free housing pursuant to section 18A of chapter 17 of the General Laws; provided further, that no less than $2,500,000 shall be expended for the extended release naltrexone pilot program described in section 158 of this act; provided further, that no less than $250,000 shall be expended for a public awareness campaign relative to Narcan and section 34A of chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for development and administration of a program to prevent and treat addiction to opioid and related substances and that the program shall be administered by a community health center agency that has a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week emergency department licensed as a satellite emergency facility under 105 CMR 130; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Gosnold Treatment Center for on-call recovery coaching services for patients presenting with opiate addiction at emergency rooms in Plymouth county; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of a pilot program in the city of Gloucester and not more than 2 additional and geographically-diverse municipalities in which a municipal police department coordinates a comprehensive, community-based diversion program to secure appropriate treatment for those addicted to opiates who voluntarily seek such treatment by appearing at a police station or other public safety facility; provided further, that no less than $1,500,000 shall be expended to expand and support municipalities utilizing grant funds from the Massachusetts Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative (MOAPC) grant program; provided further, that in order to support and strengthen public access to substance abuse services in the commonwealth, funds shall be expended to maintain programming, including but not limited to, the following: (a) central intake capacity, as defined in section 18 of said chapter 17; (b) the number and type of facilities that provide treatment; (c) detoxification and clinical stabilization service beds in the public system and (d) the placement of addiction specialists in selected courts, which shall include, but not be limited to, Brockton, Quincy and Plymouth district courts; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the substance abuse coalition in the city known as the town of Franklin ; |
92,221,778 | 98,239,903 |
Veto Explanation: I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds. I am filing for $27.8 million in new funding for substance abuse services and treatment in the FY15 year-end supplemental bill which prioritizes funding based on recommendations made by my Opioid Addiction Working Group.