The department shall take the following goals and objectives into consideration in the implementation of this chapter:
(a) The significance of community-based programs to alcohol and other drug abuse recovery shall not be diminished.
(b) Opportunities for low-income and special needs populations to receive alcohol and other drug abuse recovery or treatment services shall be encouraged.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 919) by Stats. 2004, Ch. 862, Sec. 98. Effective January 1, 2005.)