HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 3
ALCOHOLISM AND INTOXICATION TREATMENT ACT
39-303A. Regional advisory committees. (1) Regional advisory committees that address substance abuse issues shall be established by the department of health and welfare. The regional advisory committees shall be composed of regional directors of the department or their designees, regional substance abuse program staff and representatives of other appropriate public and private agencies. Members shall be appointed by the respective regional directors for terms determined by the regional director. The committees shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the chair, who shall also be appointed by the regional director. The committees shall provide for the coordination of, and exchange of information on, all programs relating to alcoholism and drug addiction, and shall act as liaison among the departments engaged in activities affecting alcoholics and intoxicated persons.
(2) The chairpersons of each regional advisory committee shall collectively meet at least annually and elect one (1) of its members to serve as the regional advisory committees’ representative on the interagency committee. Each regional advisory committee shall provide to the regional advisory committees’ representative, before each regular meeting of the interagency committee, a report addressing local substance abuse program needs and other information as it pertains to the treatment and prevention of alcoholism and other drug addiction or as required by the chairperson of the interagency committee. The regional advisory committees’ representative shall be responsible for communicating information from these reports at each regular meeting of the interagency committee.