CHAPTER 1. Fentanyl Program Grants [3200. - 3203.]

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC 1.
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Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3200. Section 3200.

(a) The State Department of Public Health shall establish a grant program to reduce fentanyl overdoses and use throughout the state. Six one-time grants shall be made; two in northern California, two in the central valley, and two in southern California. (b) Grant moneys may be used for any of the following purposes: (1) Education programs in local schools. (2) Increasing testing abilities for fentanyl. (3) Overdose prevention and recovery programs, including making naloxone or other overdose recovery drugs more available in the community. (4) Increasing social services and substance use recovery services to those addicted to fentanyl or other opioids. (c) A local jurisdiction or agency, or a group comprised of local jurisdictions and agencies working in concert, shall submit an application and plan to the department in a form required by the department. The department shall award grants based on need, evidence-based likelihood of success, and the number of people proposed to be served.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3201. Section 3201.

(a) As a condition of receiving a grant pursuant to this chapter, the applying entity shall agree to provide the department with information on the program, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) How the grant moneys were used. (2) The number of people served. (3) All of the following for both the year prior to the grant and the years the grant was used: (A) The number of hospitalizations due to fentanyl. (B) The number of overdoses from fentanyl. (C) The number of overdose deaths from fentanyl. (4) Any other information the department requires. (b) (1) On or before January 1, 2026, the department shall submit an interim report on the progress of the programs for which grants were provided to the Legislature and the Governor’s office, including, but not limited to, all available information provided by the programs pursuant to subdivision (a). (2) On or before January 1, 2028, the department shall submit a final report on the efficacy of the programs for which grants were provided to the Legislature and the Governor’s office, including, but not limited to, all of the information provided by the programs pursuant to subdivision (a). (3) Reports submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
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