(a) Each year the department shall apply for federal block grant funds from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and may expend those funds only upon appropriation of, and approval by, the Legislature pursuant to the Budget Act.
(b) Whenever the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration conditions its allocation of funds to the department in a manner which would conflict with any provision of this part, the department shall specifically describe the conflict in its application for federal funds.
(c) The department may receive other federal funds and expend them, upon appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to this division.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 36, Sec. 20. (SB 1014) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 36.)