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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, To Establish the York County Jail Drug Detoxification and Rehabilitation Pilot Program’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 York County Jail Drug Detoxification and Rehabilitation Pilot Program. Resolved: That the York County Jail Drug Detoxification and Rehabilitation Pilot Program, referred to in this section as "the pilot program," is established to provide state funding for the creation of drug detoxification and rehabilitation programs in therapeutic communities within the York County Jail or in facilities attached to or affiliated with the York County Jail. The pilot program must provide treatment services to inmates with substance use disorders in a facility or program that may be residential and that may also provide outpatient and community-based services. The pilot program must provide services to inmates of the York County Jail and may provide services to inmates from other counties as agreed between the York County Sheriff and sheriffs from other counties in this State. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated to the pilot program that are remaining at the end of a state fiscal year do not lapse but are carried forward into the next fiscal year. The pilot program terminates upon the expenditure of all funds appropriated to the pilot program; and be it further
Sec. 2 Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
 
County Jail Operations Fund Z227
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the York County Jail Drug Detoxification and Rehabilitation Pilot Program to provide drug detoxification and rehabilitation programs in therapeutic communities within the York County Jail or in facilities attached to or affiliated with the jail, providing services to inmates with substance use disorders.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$975,000	$975,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$975,000	$975,000	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment changes the title and replaces the bill with a resolve that establishes the York County Jail Drug Detoxification and Rehabilitation Pilot Program to provide one-time state funding for the creation of drug detoxification and rehabilitation programs in therapeutic communities within the York County Jail or in facilities attached to or affiliated with the jail. The pilot program is required to provide services to inmates of the York County Jail and may provide services to inmates from other counties as agreed between the York County Sheriff and the sheriffs of other counties in this State. The amendment provides funding from the General Fund of $975,000 per year for state fiscal years 2017-18 and 2018-19. The funding does not lapse but carries forward from year to year.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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