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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07171990 - 1.33 `• //"1-033 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORSL- 1 Y Contra FROM: Costa Phil Batchelor, County Administrator oz County \ Y DATE: July 10, 1990 �osrq couK`- cr~ SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: SB 2158 (Seymour) SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND ANDAUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Indicate that the Board of Supervisors continues to SUPPORT SB 2158 by Senator Seymour which would add as goals for the five-year master plan to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse in California that the Department of Commerce would encourage the creation of employee alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs in the workplace and that the National Guard would support drug enforcement agencies in counternarcotic operations. The bill would also give priority to counties whose law enforcement agencies are participating both in a drug and alcohol abuse enforcement team and in the development and implementation of a county master plan. Finally, the bill would add LSD to the list of drugs an individual is prohibited from using or being under the influence of. BACKGROUND: On April 10, 1990 the Board of Supervisors voted to support SB 2158 as it was introduced. On June 20, 1990 the bill was amended. Under existing law, the Legislature has outlined a five-year master plan to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse in California. This master plan includes a number of specific long-term goals in areas including education and prevention of drug and alcohol CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENYes—YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE 41 APPROVE OTHER / SIGNATURE(S): I���(262 ,e I& �� ACTION OF BOARD ON July 17 , 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS y J� I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE �1 UNANIMOUS(ABSENT 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: ATTESTEDJUL 1 7 1.990 PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Please see Page 3 . SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY ,DEPUTY M382 (10/88) J -2- abuse programs, community programs, media programs, drug and alcohol abuse health care programs, private sector drug and alcohol abuse programs, local government drug and alcohol abuse programs, federal and state government drug and alcohol abuse programs, private sector direct service providers and supply regulation and reduction in conjunction with drug and alcohol abuse. Senator Seymour has introduced SB 2158. The bill, as amended June 20, 1990, amends the goals for the state and federal government drug and alcohol abuse programs to add the following goal: "The Department of Commerce, in coordination with private industry, encourages the creation of employee alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs in the workplace or provides information to employees on treatment or recovery programs that are available to them." The bill also amends one of the current goals which now reads as follows: All drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs provide polydrug abuse services or have an established referral system to ensure clients receive all needed. services. This goal is repealed and replaced with a new goal which reads as follows: "Sufficient drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services exist throughout the state to meet all clients' immediate and long-range needs." The bill also amends the list of long-range goals in regard to supply regulation and reduction to add the following goal: "The California National. Guard supports federal, state, and local drug enforcement agencies in counternarcotic operations as permitted by applicable laws and regulations." Existing law requires priority in allocating state funds for substance abuse to law enforcement agencies to be given to counties that have established a drug and alcohol abuse enforcement ' team comprised of representatives of all law enforcement agencies within the county, including the courts. The drug and alcohol abuse enforcement team is to adopt measures to coordinate the efforts of drug and alcohol abuse law enforcement agencies within the county. SB 2158 repeals this section. In its place it specifies that priority in allocating state funds for substance abuse to law enforcement agencies is to be given to those counties whose law enforcement agencies are participating in both of the following: * A drug and alcohol abuse enforcement team established which includes all components of the criminal justice system. The team is to be responsible to the board of supervisors, and is to coordinate with the drug and alcohol abuse advisory boards and. the county on all criminal justice matters relating to drug and alcohol abuse, and coordinate and actively participate with the county alcohol and drug program administrators throughout the development and implementation of the ' five-year drug and alcohol abuse master plan. * Development and implementation of a county drug and alcohol master plan. -3- The drug and alcohol abuse enforcement team is to adopt measures to coordinate the efforts of drug and alcohol abuse law enforcement agencies within the county. Finally, SB 2158 adds lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to the list of controlled substances which a person is prohibited from using or being under , the influence of. SB 2158 is entirely consistent with the Board of Supervisors ' Drug and Alcohol Action Plan. and, in fact, is quite similar to it in terms of the long-term goals which are outlined. It appears to be appropriate for the Board of Supervisors to indicate its continued support of SB 2158, which would provide additional statewide support for drug and alcohol abuse workplace programs and would provide additional support from the National Guard for law enforcement efforts at interdiction of the supply of illegal drugs. SB 2158 passed the Senate Health & Human Services Committee on April 18, 1990 by a vote 'of 8: 0. The bill did not require referral to the Senate Appropriations Committee and passed the full Senate April 26, 1990 by a vote of 25: 0. The bill is on referral to the Assembly Health Committee where it was scheduled to be heard on July 3 , 1990. cc: Senator John Seymour County Administrator District Attorney Sheriff-Coroner County Probation Officer Health Services Director Drug Program Administrator Alcohol Program Administrator Chair, Alcoholism Advisory Board Chair, Drug Abuse Advisory Board Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates