                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA OPIOID USE REDUCTION AND JAIL-BASED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT
AND TRANSITION FUND (§ 9.1-116.8)

A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to
be known as the Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use
Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund, referred to in this section as
&#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the
Comptroller. All funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations,
grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the
state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund
shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the
Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not
revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund
shall be used solely for the purposes of funding and supporting the planning and
implementation of locally administered jail-based addiction recovery and
substance use disorder treatment and transition programs in local and regional
jails. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State
Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by
the Director of the Department or his designee.

B. The Fund shall be administered by the Department, and the Department shall
adopt guidelines, in consultation with the Virginia Sheriffs&#8217; Association
and the Virginia Association of Regional Jails, to make funds available to local
and regional jails for the planning or operation of substance use disorder
treatment services and transition services for persons with substance use
disorder who are incarcerated in local and regional jails. The guidelines shall
direct the distribution of funds to programs including medical assisted
treatment therapies, addiction recovery and other substance use disorder
services, or reentry and transitional support.

C. The Department shall establish a grant procedure, in consultation with the
Virginia Sheriffs&#8217; Association and the Virginia Association of Regional
Jails, to govern funds awarded for this purpose. No grant funds shall be used by
the grantee to supplant funding for an existing program.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 649, 650.