For the operation and related costs of the state police crime laboratory, including the analysis of samples used in the prosecution of controlled substance offenses conducted at the former department of public health facilities; provided, that the analysis of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines and chemicals shall be funded in this item in order to support the law enforcement efforts of the district attorneys, the state police and municipal police departments; provided further, that the practices and procedures of the state police crime laboratory shall be informed by the recommendations of the forensic sciences advisory board; and provided further, that the department of state police shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means starting on October 1, 2019 that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the caseload of each lab; and (ii) all relevant information regarding turnaround time and backlogs by type of case; and (iii) the accreditation status of each lab
