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. (a) The Substance Abuse Community Correctional Detention
Centers Fund is hereby created within the State Treasury. The Board
of Corrections is authorized to provide funds, as appropriated by the
Legislature, for the purpose of establishing substance abuse
community correctional detention centers. These facilities shall be
operated locally in order to manage parole violators, those select
individuals sentenced to state prison for short periods of time, and
other sentenced local offenders with a known history of substance
abuse, and as further defined by this chapter.
(b) The facilities constructed with funds disbursed pursuant to
this chapter in a county shall contain no less than 50 percent of
total beds for use by the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
(1) Upon agreement, the county and the department may negotiate
any other mix of state and local bed space, providing the state's
proportionate share shall not be less than 50 percent in the portion
of the facilities financed through state funding.
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the county from using
county funds or nonrestricted jail bond funds to build and operate
additional facilities in conjunction with the centers provided for in
this chapter.
(c) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in funds shall be
provided from the 1990 Prison Construction Fund and the 1990-B Prison
Construction Fund, with fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) each
from the June 1990 bond issue and the November 1990 bond issue, for
construction purposes set forth in this chapter, provided that
funding is appropriated in the state budget from the June and
November 1990, prison bond issues for purposes of this chapter.
(d) Funds shall be awarded to counties based upon the following
policies and criteria:
(1) Priority shall be given to urban counties with populations of
450,000 or more, as determined by Department of Finance figures. The
board may allocate up to 10 percent of the funding to smaller
counties or combinations of counties as pilot projects, if it
concludes that proposals meet the requirements of this chapter,
commensurate with the facilities and programming that a smaller
county can provide.
(2) Upon application and submission of proposals by eligible
counties, representatives of the board shall evaluate proposals and
select recipients.
To help ensure that state-of-the-art drug rehabilitation and
related programs are designed, implemented, and updated under this
chapter, the board shall consult with not less than three authorities
recognized nationwide with experience or expertise in the design or
operation of successful programs in order to assist the board in all
of the following:
(A) Drawing up criteria on which requests for proposals will be
sought.
(B) Selecting proposals to be funded.
(C) Assisting the board in evaluation and operational problems of
the programs, if those services are approved by the board.
Funding also shall be sought by the board from the federal
government and private foundation sources in order to defray the
costs of the board's responsibilities under this chapter.
(3) Preference shall be given to counties that can demonstrate a
financial ability and commitment to operate the programs it is
proposing for a period of at least three years and to make
improvements as proposed by the department and the board.
(4) Applicants receiving awards under this chapter shall be
selected from among those deemed appropriate for funding according to
the criteria, policies, and procedures established by the board.
Criteria shall include success records of the types of programs
proposed based on nationwide standards for successful programs, if
available, expertise and hands-on experience of persons who will be
in charge of proposed programs, cost-effectiveness, including cost
per bed, speed of construction, a demonstrated ability to construct
the maximum number of beds which shall result in an overall net
increase in the number of beds in the county for state and local
offenders, comprehensiveness of services, location, participation by
private or community-based organizations, and demonstrated ability to
seek and obtain supplemental funding as required in support of the
overall administration of this facility from sources such as the
State Department of Health Care Services, the Office of Emergency
Services, the National Institute of Corrections, the Department of
Justice, and other state and federal sources.
(5) Funds disbursed under subdivision (c) shall be used for
construction of substance abuse community correctional centers, with
a level of security in each facility commensurate with public safety
for the types of offenders being housed in or utilizing the
facilities.
(6) Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not be used for the
purchase of the site. Sites shall be provided by the county. However,
a participating county may negotiate with the state for use of state
land at nearby corrections facilities or other state facilities,
provided that the locations fit in with the aims of the programs
established by this chapter.
The county shall be responsible for ensuring the siting,
acquisition, design, and construction of the center consistent with
the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Division 13
(commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code.
(7) Staff of the department and the board, as well as persons
selected by the board, shall be available to counties for
consultation and technical services in preparation and implementation
of proposals accepted by the board.
(8) The board also shall seek advice from the State Department of
Health Care Services in exercising its responsibilities under this
chapter.
(9) Funds shall be made available to the county and county agency
which is selected to administer the program by the board of
supervisors of that county.
(10) Area of greatest need can be a factor considered in awarding
contracts to counties.
(11) Particular consideration shall be given to counties that can
demonstrate an ability to provide continuing counseling and
programming for offenders in programs established under this chapter,
once the offenders have completed the programs and have returned to
the community.
(12) A county may propose a variety of types and sizes of
facilities to meet the needs of its plan and to provide the services
for varying types of offenders to be served under this chapter. Funds
granted to a county may be utilized for construction of more than
one facility.
Any county wishing to use existing county-owned sites or
facilities may negotiate those arrangements with the Department of
Corrections and the Board of Corrections to meet the needs of its
plan.