SECTIONS 11795-11798.1 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 11795-11798.1

11795. (a) The board of supervisors of each county may apply to the
department for funds for the purpose of alleviating problems in its
county related to alcohol abuse and other drug use. This part applies
only to counties receiving state or federal funds allocated by the
department under this part.
(b) The department shall coordinate state and local alcohol and
other drug abuse prevention, care, treatment, and rehabilitation
programs. It is the intent of the Legislature that the department and
the counties maintain a cooperative partnership to assure effective
implementation of this chapter.
(c) The Legislature grants responsibility to the county to
administer and coordinate all county alcohol and other drug programs
funded under this part. County alcohol and other drug programs shall
account to the board of supervisors and to the state for their
effective implementation. The county shall establish its own
priorities for alcohol and other drug programs funded under this
part, except with respect to funds that are allocated to the county
for federally required programs and services.

11796. (a) (1) Two or more counties, each with a population of
under 200,000, may jointly establish county alcohol and other drug
programs pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of
Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(2) Subject to the department's approval, any county may, by
contract, furnish alcohol and other drug services to another county.
(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided for or required by the
context, this part relating to county alcohol and other drug programs
shall apply to alcohol and other drug programs operated jointly by
two or more counties.

11796.1. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 11812,
nothing in this part shall prevent any city or combination of cities
from financing and administering directly an alcohol or other drug
program or providing service by contracting with the county to
provide and be reimbursed for services provided pursuant to the
county alcohol and other drug program under Article 4 (commencing
with Section 11810). In addition, where appropriate, any county may
contract with a city, or combination of cities, to administer
contracts with privately operated agencies to alleviate problems
related to inappropriate alcohol use and other drug use.

11797. (a) Funds allocated to the county pursuant to this part
shall be used exclusively for county alcohol and other drug services
as identified in the executed negotiated net amount contract, Drug
Medi-Cal contract, and the approved county plan, whichever is
applicable, and shall be separately identified and accounted for.
(b) Of the funds allocated to each county in accordance with
Sections 11817.1, 11817.3, 11818, and 11840, the department shall
allocate to each county the amount required by that county to carry
out its local alcohol and other drug abuse program in accordance with
the executed negotiated net amount contract or Drug Medi-Cal
contract, as described in Section 11758.20, and the approved county
plan, whichever is applicable.

11798. Counties that receive funds shall prepare and submit a
county plan, negotiated net amount contract, and Drug Medi-Cal
contract, whichever is applicable, that shall include a budget of all
funds allocated to the county by the department pursuant to this
part, and shall report utilization of those funds in an annual cost
report pursuant to subdivision (q) of Section 11755.

11798.1. (a) Counties shall each develop and operate their alcohol
and other drug abuse programs that would otherwise be required under
this division, as one coordinated program in each county. Counties
may combine their alcohol and drug advisory boards, their alcohol and
other drug plans, their alcohol and drug budgets, and the submission
deadlines for alcohol and other drug budgets and cost reports, and
the administration of programs at both the county and provider
levels.
(b) A county may, by resolution of its board of supervisors,
develop and operate alcohol and other drug abuse programs as one
coordinated system. In establishing coordinated systems with combined
alcohol and other drug services counties shall do all of the
following:
(1) Submit a county plan, including, but not limited to, a budget
of all funds allocated to the county by the department.
(2) Report all of the following to the department:
(A) Utilization of all funds allocated by the department to the
county in a combined annual expenditure report pursuant to state and
federal requirements.
(B) All information necessary for the department to administer
this section, including, but not limited to, information needed to
meet federal reporting requirements. This information shall be
reported on a form developed by the department in consultation with
the County Alcohol and Drug Programs Administrators Association of
California.
(3) Combine drug and alcohol administrations in performance of
alcohol and other drug program administrative duties pursuant to
Section 11801.
(4) Require combined programs, for planning and reimbursement
purposes, to assess or categorize program participants at the time of
admission and discharge with regard to whether their primary
treatment needs are related to abuse of alcohol or of other drugs.
(5) Ensure that combined programs comply with statewide program
standards developed pursuant to regulations adopted by the department
in consultation with the alcohol and drug administrators.
(c) A county operating a coordinated system under this section
shall assess or categorize a program participant at the time of
admission and discharge as having problems primarily with abuse of
either alcohol or of other drugs for purposes of federal
reimbursement as required by federal law and report information to
the department in a form consistent with existing data collection
systems.