130th Ohio General Assembly
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H. B. No. 634  As Introduced
As Introduced

130th General Assembly
Regular Session
2013-2014
H. B. No. 634


Representatives Beck, Milkovich 

Cosponsors: Representatives Rogers, Strahorn, Stebelton 



A BILL
To establish treatment and diversion grants, to make a cash transfer, and to make an appropriation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1.  All items in this section are hereby appropriated as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2014 and those in the second column are for fiscal year 2015. The appropriations made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium.
MHA Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
General Services Fund
XXXX 335XXX Treatment and Diversion Grants $ 0 $ 1,500,000
TOTAL GSF General Services Fund $ 0 $ 1,500,000
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 0 $ 1,500,000

TREATMENT AND DIVERSION GRANTS
Of the foregoing appropriation item 335XXX, Treatment and Diversion Grants Services, $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall be used to provide treatment and diversion grants to alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services boards. These grants shall be used to provide alternatives to prosecution or incarceration for persons who are or may be charged with, or who are convicted of, an offense related to the person's use or abuse of alcohol or other drugs. Services provided under the grants may include, but not be limited to, transportation, housing, and case management.
An alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services board that receives a grant under this section shall submit data requested by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to the Department on the twenty-eighth day of each month.
The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall analyze the data submitted and prepare a report that evaluates the effectiveness of the program. The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services may request any data regarding projects funded by the grant that is necessary to evaluate the program from the grant recipients. The Department shall submit the report to the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, the House Minority Leader, and the Senate Minority Leader.
Section 2.  Upon the effective date of this section, or as soon as possible thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management shall transfer $1,500,000 cash from the Local Government Innovation Fund (Fund 5KN0) to the Treatment and Diversion Grants Fund (Fund XXXX).
Section 3.  Within the limits set forth in this act, the Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly.
The appropriations made in this act are subject to all provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly that are generally applicable to such appropriations.
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