New Hampshire Revised Statutes 176-A:1 – Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund
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I. There is hereby established an alcohol abuse prevention and treatment fund to fund alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs.
II. The fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated for the purposes of funding alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs. The commissioner of the department of health and human services may accept gifts, grants, donations, or other funding from any source and shall deposit all such revenue received into the fund. The state treasurer shall invest the moneys deposited in the fund as provided by law. Interest earned on moneys deposited in the fund shall be deposited into the fund.
III. Moneys received from all other sources other than the liquor commission pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:16, III, including any community benefit contribution made by New Hampshire’s hospitals, shall be disbursed from the fund upon the authorization of the governor’s commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery established pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-J:1 and shall not be diverted for any other purposes. Funds disbursed shall be used for alcohol and other drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services, and other purposes related to the duties of the commission under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-J:3; provided, however, that funds received from any source other than the liquor commission, pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:16, III, shall not be used to support the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and shall not be deposited into the fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-AA:3.
III. Moneys received from all other sources other than the liquor commission pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:16, III, including any community benefit contribution made by New Hampshire’s hospitals, shall be disbursed from the fund upon the authorization of the governor’s commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery established pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-J:1 and shall not be diverted for any other purposes. Funds disbursed shall be used for alcohol and other drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services, and other purposes related to the duties of the commission under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-J:3.
IV. Moneys received from the liquor commission pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:16, III and deposited into the fund shall be transferred to the New Hampshire granite advantage health care trust fund, established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-AA:3, for use in ensuring the delivery of substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery and other behavioral health services for persons enrolled in the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program; provided, however, that any program or service approved by the governor’s commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery that would have been funded from moneys transferred from the fund shall be paid for with federal or other funds available from within the department of health and human services. For this purpose and no later than December 1, 2018, the sum of $5,100,000 from the alcohol abuse and prevention treatment fund shall be transferred to the granite advantage health care trust fund for use in the period of January 1 to June 30, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2019 the funds deposited into the fund shall be transferred to the granite advantage health care trust fund established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-AA:3 annually no later than June 1 for use during the forthcoming fiscal year based upon the most recently issued comprehensive annual financial report of the state.
II. The fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated for the purposes of funding alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs. The commissioner of the department of health and human services may accept gifts, grants, donations, or other funding from any source and shall deposit all such revenue received into the fund. The state treasurer shall invest the moneys deposited in the fund as provided by law. Interest earned on moneys deposited in the fund shall be deposited into the fund.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 176-A:1
- Alcohol: means that substance known as ethyl alcohol or hydrated oxide of ethyl alcohol which is commonly produced by the fermentation or distillation of grain, starch, molasses, sugar, potatoes or other substances, including all solids, powders, crystals, dilutions and mixtures of these substances. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Commission: means the state liquor commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Liquor: means all distilled and rectified spirits, alcohol, wines, fermented and malt liquors and cider, of over 6 percent alcoholic content by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
[Paragraph III effective until December 31, 2023; see also paragraph III set out below.]
III. Moneys received from all other sources other than the liquor commission pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:16, III, including any community benefit contribution made by New Hampshire’s hospitals, shall be disbursed from the fund upon the authorization of the governor’s commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery established pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-J:1 and shall not be diverted for any other purposes. Funds disbursed shall be used for alcohol and other drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services, and other purposes related to the duties of the commission under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-J:3; provided, however, that funds received from any source other than the liquor commission, pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:16, III, shall not be used to support the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and shall not be deposited into the fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-AA:3.
[Paragraph III effective December 31, 2023; see also paragraph III set out above.]
III. Moneys received from all other sources other than the liquor commission pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:16, III, including any community benefit contribution made by New Hampshire’s hospitals, shall be disbursed from the fund upon the authorization of the governor’s commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery established pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-J:1 and shall not be diverted for any other purposes. Funds disbursed shall be used for alcohol and other drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services, and other purposes related to the duties of the commission under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-J:3.
[Paragraph IV repealed by 2023, 79:408, I effective December 31, 2023.]
IV. Moneys received from the liquor commission pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 176:16, III and deposited into the fund shall be transferred to the New Hampshire granite advantage health care trust fund, established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-AA:3, for use in ensuring the delivery of substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery and other behavioral health services for persons enrolled in the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program; provided, however, that any program or service approved by the governor’s commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery that would have been funded from moneys transferred from the fund shall be paid for with federal or other funds available from within the department of health and human services. For this purpose and no later than December 1, 2018, the sum of $5,100,000 from the alcohol abuse and prevention treatment fund shall be transferred to the granite advantage health care trust fund for use in the period of January 1 to June 30, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2019 the funds deposited into the fund shall be transferred to the granite advantage health care trust fund established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-AA:3 annually no later than June 1 for use during the forthcoming fiscal year based upon the most recently issued comprehensive annual financial report of the state.