S105 - 2021 Appropriations Act. (SL 2021-180)

Overview: Section 9F.3B of S.L. 2021-180, as added by Section 3.2 of S.L. 2022-6, provides that of the funds appropriated to the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Health and Human Services, the sum of $5 million in nonrecurring funds for the 2021-22 fiscal year and $5 million in nonrecurring funds for the 2022-23 fiscal year must be allocated as a directed grant to Hope Alive, Inc. a nonprofit corporation, and the Robeson Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) consortium to use for the prevention of, treatment of, and recovery from substance use disorder.

In addition to the reporting requirements in this act and statutory requirements (G.S. 143C-6-23), the Division must include the following information in the two reports required by Section 9B.1 of the act:

• Specific, detailed information on how the grant funds were expended.
• The program or services developed as a result of the grant funds.
• The number of individuals served by the programs or services developed as a result of the grant funds.
• An analysis of the efficacy of the programs of services developed as a result of the grand funds.
• A plan for how these programs of services will continue beyond the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.

This section became effective July 1, 2021.