§ 5-1204

Subject to the availability of funds, the Governor shall include in the State budget for fiscal year 2002 and all succeeding fiscal years sufficient funds to ensure that:

(1) each at-risk parent receives substance abuse treatment when the at-risk parent indicates a desire to enter substance abuse treatment or as soon thereafter as possible; and

(2) each child of an at-risk parent receives necessary treatment to remediate the harm caused by the parent’s substance abuse.