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Phil Batchelor, County Administrator County
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March 13 , 1990
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION - AB 3010 (Speier)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of SUPPORT for AB 3010 by Assemblywoman Speier
which would require the State to implement a coordinated,
interagency strategy to address the treatment needs of pregnant
women, postpartum women and their children for alcohol or drug
abuse.
BACKGROUND-
Assemblywoman Speier has introduced AB 3010 which would require
the State Health and Welfare Agency to create a state interagency
task force composed of the Department of Alcohol and Drug
Programs, Department of Health Services, Department of
Developmental Services and Department of Social Services. The
Agency would be required to designate one of these departments as
the lead agency for the development of a coordinated state
strategy for addressing the treatment needs of pregnant women,
postpartum women and their children for alcohol and drug abuse.
The Department of Housing and community Development, Department
of Education and Department of Mental Health would be required to
cooperate with the lead agency and task force in developing state
regulations to implement the strategy.
The bill would also authorize the interagency task force to
distribute funds, as they are made available through the budget
process, to counties to fund residential and nonresidential
Yes
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(SJ: Lai+�421
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 20 , 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT 1 AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Please see Page 2. ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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alcohol and drug treatment programs for pregnant women,
postpartum women and their children. The bill would also fund
other support services directed at bringing pregnant and
postpartum women into treatment and caring for alcohol and drug
exposed infants. The interagency task force would have to
include in the criteria used to select counties to receive funds,
consideration of the ability of the county to provide or arrange
for the special needs of pregnant women and postpartum women who
are chemically dependent and are seeking alcohol or drug
treatment services . Programs could be funded for treatment of
alcohol abuse only, drug abuse only or both alcohol and drug
abuse. Counties would be permitted to contract with non-profit
organizations to provide these services. Any county which
chooses to apply for funds from the interagency task force would
be required to establish a perinatal substance abuse coordinating
council which would be required to select an agency or department
of the county to be the lead agency to coordinate the alcohol and
drug abuse program.
The needs of pregnant and postpartum women and their children for
alcohol and drug abuse treatment services are identified in the
County' s Drug & Alcohol Action Plan as one of the more pressing
needs in the County. Since AB 3010 has the potential to assist
the County in meeting some of these needs the bill appears to
further the Board of Supervisors ' war on drug and alcohol abuse.
It is therefore recommended that the Board of Supervisors
indicate its support of AB 3010 .
cc: County Administrator
Social Services Director
Health Services Director
Director of Public Health
Drug Program Administrator
Alcohol Program Administrator
Chair, Drug Abuse Advisory Board
Chair, Alcoholism Advisory Board
Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates