PRINTER'S NO. 2810
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2005
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, GROVE, RYAN, BARRAR, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER,
MOUL, BERNSTINE AND GLEIM, OCTOBER 29, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 29, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in other offenses, further providing
for Substance Abuse Education and Demand Reduction Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7508.1(a), (f) and (g) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 7508.1. Substance Abuse Education and Demand Reduction Fund.
(a) Establishment.--The Substance Abuse Education and Demand
Reduction Fund is hereby established as an account in the State
Treasury. This fund shall be administered by the Pennsylvania
Commission on Crime and Delinquency and shall be comprised of
costs imposed and collected in accordance with the provisions of
this section. [All moneys in the fund and the interest accruing
thereon are hereby appropriated, upon approval of the Governor,
to the commission to carry out the provisions of this section.]
Money in the fund may only be used for the purposes provided in
subsection (f) upon appropriation by the General Assembly.
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(f) Grants.--[Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the commission shall, upon written application and subsequent
approval, use moneys received under this section to annually
award grants to approved applicants in the following manner:]
(1) [(i) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph
(ii), 45% of grant moneys deposited into the fund each
fiscal year] Amounts appropriated to the commission for
substance abuse reduction grants shall be made available
by the commission, upon written application and
subsequent approval, to nonprofit organizations to
provide research-based approaches to prevention,
intervention, training, treatment and education services
to reduce substance abuse or to provide resources to
assist families in assessing the services. Nonprofit
organizations may jointly apply for grant moneys with a
local government unit but shall not be required to do so.
[(ii) (A) Up to 20% of grant moneys available under
subparagraph (i) may be used to:] (1.1) (i) Amounts
appropriated to the commission for victim impact
panel grants shall be made available by the
commission, upon written application and subsequent
approval, to:
[(I)] (A) Assist in the start-up of victim
impact panel programs under 75 Pa.C.S. §
3804(f.1) (relating to penalties).
[(II)] (B) Study the impact outcome and
benefits of victim impact panels within this
Commonwealth, including the impact of victim
impact panels on driving under the influence
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recidivism and their impact on the well-being of
participating victims.
[(III)] (C) Provide assistance for the
ongoing operation of victim impact panels.
[(B)] (ii) An applicant for a grant under this
[subparagraph] paragraph may be an entity other than
a nonprofit organization.
(2) [Twenty percent of grant moneys deposited into the
fund each fiscal year] Amounts appropriated to the commission
for substance abuse public education initiatives shall be
made available by the commission, upon written application
and subsequent approval, to eligible organizations to educate
youth, caregivers of youth and employers about the dangers of
substance abuse and to increase the awareness of the benefits
of a drug-free Pennsylvania through media-related efforts
that may include public service announcements, public
awareness campaigns and media literacy.
(3) [Twenty percent of grant moneys deposited into the
fund each fiscal year] Amounts appropriated to the commission
for substance abuse workplace education initiatives shall be
made available by the commission, upon written application
and subsequent approval, to eligible organizations to educate
employers, unions and employees about the dangers of
substance abuse in the workplace and provide comprehensive
drug-free workplace programs and technical resources for
businesses, including, but not limited to, training for
working parents to keep their children drug free.
(4) [Ten percent of the grant moneys deposited into the
fund each fiscal year shall be transferred annually to]
Amounts appropriated to the Office of Attorney General shall
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be used for the Community Drug Abuse Prevention Grant Program
within the Office of Attorney General.
(g) Administration.--The commission shall develop guidelines
and procedures necessary to implement the grant program. The
commission shall equitably distribute grant moneys to approved
applicants under subsection (f)(1) and (1.1) and eligible
organizations under subsection (f)(2) and (3). [Each fiscal year
the commission shall make available grant moneys equaling,
except for funds to be transferred under subsection (f)(4) and
administrative funds as provided for in this subsection, the
balance of moneys deposited into the fund as of June 30 of the
previous fiscal year.] No more than 5% of total moneys
[deposited in the fund] appropriated to the commission from the
fund during a fiscal year may be used by the commission to
administer the provisions of this section.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2020, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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