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Div. 10.5.DIVISION 10.5. ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG PROGRAMS
Part 2.PART 2. STATE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE TO ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE INAPPROPRIATE USE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND OTHER DRUG USE
Ch. 13.CHAPTER 13. Narcotic and Alcohol and Other Drug Use Programs
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is essential to the health and welfare of the people of this state that action be taken by state government to effectively and economically utilize federal and state funds for narcotic and alcohol and other drug use prevention, care, treatment, and rehabilitation services. To achieve this, it is necessary that all of the following occur:
(a)Existing fragmented, uncoordinated, and duplicative narcotic and alcohol and other drug programs be molded into a comprehensive and integrated statewide program for the prevention of narcotic and alcohol and other drug use and for the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with a substance use disorders.
(b)Responsibility and authority for planning programs and activities for prevention, care,
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is essential to the health and welfare of the people of this state that action be taken by state government to effectively and economically utilize federal and state funds for narcotic and alcohol and other drug use prevention, care, treatment, and rehabilitation services. To achieve this, it is necessary that all of the following occur:
(a)
Existing fragmented, uncoordinated, and duplicative narcotic and alcohol and other drug programs be molded into a comprehensive and integrated statewide program for the prevention of narcotic and alcohol and other drug use and for the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with a substance use disorders.
(b)
Responsibility and authority for planning programs and activities for prevention, care, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with a substance use disorder be concentrated in the department. It is the intent of the Legislature to assign responsibility and grant authority for planning alcohol and other drug prevention, care, treatment, and rehabilitation programs to the department, whose functions shall be subject to periodic review by the Legislature and appropriate federal agencies.
(c)
The department succeeds to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction with regard to substance use disorder formerly vested in the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.