Chapter 1 - Fentanyl Program Grants

California Welfare and Institutions Code — §§ 3200-3203

Sections (4)

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 62. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Sec. 3203.

(a)The State Department of Public Health shall establish a grant program to reduce fentanyl overdoses and use throughout the state. Six one-time grants shall be made; two in northern California, two in the central valley, and two in southern California.

(b)Grant moneys may be used for any of the following purposes:

(1)Education programs in local schools.

(2)Increasing testing abilities for

fentanyl.

(3)Overdose prevention and recovery programs, including making naloxone or other overdose recovery drugs more available in the community.

(4)Increasing social services and substance use recovery services to those addicted to fentanyl or other opioids.

(c)A local jurisdiction or agency, or a group comprised of local jurisdictions and agencies working in concert, shall submit an application and plan to the department in a form required by the

department. The department

shall award grants based on need, evidence-based likelihood of success, and the number of people proposed to be served.

§ 3201

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 63. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Sec. 3203.

(a)As a condition of receiving a grant pursuant to this chapter, the applying entity shall agree to provide the department with information on the program, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1)How the grant moneys were used.

(2)The number of people served.

(3)All of the following for both the year prior to the grant and the

years the grant was used:

(A)The number of hospitalizations due to fentanyl.

(B)The number of overdoses from fentanyl.

(C)The number of overdose deaths from fentanyl.

(4)Any other information the department requires.

(b)(1) On or before January 1, 2026, the

department shall submit

an interim report on the progress

of the programs for which grants were provided to the Legislature and the Governor’s office, including, but not limited to, all available information provided by the programs pursuant to subdivision (a).

(2)On or before January 1, 2028, the department shall submit a final report on the efficacy of the programs for which grants were provided to the Legislature and the Governor’s office, including, but not limited to, all of the information provided by the programs pursuant to subdivision (a).

(3)Reports submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

§ 3202

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 783, Sec. 1. (AB 2365) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Sec. 3203.

This chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act.

§ 3203

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 64. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Chapter 1, commencing with Section 3200.

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.