The department may accept gifts and grants, must consider a service-area hospitalization rate when allocating grants, and can waive the matching-funds rule if needed services may be jeopardized.
Sec. 461A.201. FINANCES. (a) The department may accept gifts and grants for the purposes of providing chemical dependency services and related programs. (b) The department is the state agency that receives and administers federal funds for alcohol and drug abuse, including applying for, administering, and disbursing funds under the federal Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act (21 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.). The executive commissioner prescribes all necessary department policies relating to alcohol and drug abuse. (c) An organization or other entity is not eligible for a grant of state funds from the department under this chapter unless the organization or entity provides matching funds in either cash or in-kind contributions equal to at least five percent of the total grant of state funds from the department. The department may waive that requirement if the department determines that the requirement may jeopardize the provision of needed services. (d) In allocating grant funds, the department shall consider the state facility hospitalization rate of substance abusers who are from the service area of the entity requesting the grant. An organization or other entity is not eligible for a grant of state funds for a treatment or rehabilitation program unless the program will, at a minimum, reduce state facility hospitalization of substance abusers by a percentage established by the department. (e) As a condition to receiving contract or grant funds under this chapter, a public or private organization or entity must provide to the department information relating to: (1) the number of persons with a chemical dependency the organization or entity served, if any, during the preceding year, the municipalities and counties of residence of those persons, and the number of persons served from each municipality and county; and (2) the number of persons with a chemical dependency the organization or entity expects to serve during the term of the requested grant or contract, the expected municipalities and counties of residence for those persons, and the expected number of persons served from each municipality and county. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1158, eff. April 2, 2015.