Amendment S-5025 to SF 2395

Filed February 27, 2024 in the Senate by Sen. Janet Petersen (D)

What it changes

1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
2. Section 12.51, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
3. a. Moneys in the fund shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section . b. Moneys in the fund shall only be used pursuant to appropriations from the fund by the general assembly for purposes of abating the opioid crisis in this state, which may include but are not limited to the purposes specified in section 135.190A for moneys in the opioid antagonist medication fund , and as specified in paragraph “c” . c. Moneys in the fund are appropriated annually to the department of health and human services to be disbursed directly to organizations with demonstrated ability to provide evidence-based treatment or recovery housing services that meet any of the following targeted goals: (1) To increase the distribution of naloxone to Iowans. (2) To provide evidence-based medication-assisted treatment. (3) To expand screening, evidence-based treatment, and wraparound services, including housing, for pregnant and postpartum women who are experiencing or are recovering from a substance use disorder, with priority given to existing programs that coordinate treatment and services for such women and their children in the same setting. (4) To expand evidence-based treatment services for neonatal abstinence syndrome. (5) To support community navigator programs that specialize in recovery service referrals. (6) To support organizations with proposals to expand wraparound services including temporary recovery housing. (7) To expand treatment, including medication-assisted treatment, for incarcerated individuals. d. The department of health and human services may use up to two percent of the moneys appropriated annually for administrative costs related to fund disbursement. The department may use the moneys to supplement, but shall not use the moneys to supplant, any existing funding provided by various federal, state, or other sources. e. The moneys disbursed by the department of health and human services to organizations shall be accompanied by a statement on any printed or marketing materials that the moneys are a one-time allocation from the opioid settlement fund. f. The department of health and human services shall submit a report to the general assembly annually not later than December 31 that specifies the organizations to which disbursements were made during the immediately preceding fiscal year, the specific use of the moneys by the recipient organizations and the provision of any master settlement agreement authorizing the expenditure for such use, and the number of recipients of the services or assistance provided by the organizations through such expenditures. Sec.
4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.”

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book