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Statutes > Connecticut > Title17a > Chap319j > Sec17a-667Sec. 17a-667. Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy Council. (a) There is established a Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy Council which shall be within the Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes only.
(b) The council shall consist of the following members: (1) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee; (2) the Commissioners of Children and Families, Consumer Protection, Correction, Education, Higher Education, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Motor Vehicles, Public Health, Public Safety, Social Services and Transportation and the Insurance Commissioner, or their designees; (3) the Chief Court Administrator, or the Chief Court Administrator's designee; (4) the chairperson of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or the chairperson's designee; (5) the Chief State's Attorney, or the Chief State's Attorney's designee; (6) the Chief Public Defender, or the Chief Public Defender's designee; and (7) the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, criminal justice and appropriations, or their designees. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Commissioner of Children and Families shall be cochairpersons of the council. The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, provide staff for the council.
(c) The council shall review policies and practices of individual agencies and the Judicial Department concerning substance abuse treatment programs, substance abuse prevention services, the referral of persons to such programs and services, and criminal justice sanctions and programs and shall develop and coordinate a state-wide, interagency, integrated plan for such programs and services and criminal sanctions. On or before January fifteenth of each year, the council shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly that evaluates the plan and recommends any proposed changes thereto. In the report submitted on or before January 15, 1998, the council shall report on the progress made by state agencies in implementing the recommendations of its predecessor, the Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy Council established by Executive Order Number 11A, set forth in its initial report dated February 25, 1997.
(P.A. 97-248, S. 3, 12; P.A. 98-250, S. 35, 39; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 35, 72; P.A. 00-27, S. 6, 24; 00-104; P.A. 04-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 97-248 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-250 added Commissioners of Consumer Protection, Motor Vehicles and Transportation to the council, effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 amended Subsec. (b)(7) by adding "and ranking members" and replacing "the budgets of state agencies" with "appropriations", effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-27 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective May 1, 2000; P.A. 00-104 amended Subsec. (b) by designating the Commissioner of Children and Families as a cochairperson of the council, deleting provision re scheduling the first meeting of the council, and making technical changes; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004.
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".
