Sec. 270.
The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Administer and coordinate state administered funds for substance use disorder treatment and rehabilitation services and substance use disorder prevention services.
(b) Use appropriations of revenues from taxes imposed by the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303, exclusively for the purposes provided in that act.
(c) Recommend directly to the governor, after review and comment, budget and grant requests for public funds to be allocated for substance use disorder services including education, research, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention activities.
(d) Provide technical assistance to department-designated community mental health entities and community mental health services programs and to treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention agencies for the purposes of program development, administration, and evaluation.
(e) Develop annually a comprehensive state plan through the use of federal, state, local, and private resources of adequate services and facilities for the prevention and control of substance use disorder and the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals with substance use disorder.
(f) Evaluate, in cooperation with appropriate state departments and agencies, the effectiveness of substance use disorder services in the state funded by federal, state, local, and private resources, and annually during the month of November, report a summary of the detailed evaluation to the governor and the legislature.
History: Add. 2012, Act 500, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2012