HB479 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Rex ReynoldsRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023
Summary: The bill provides a $30 million supplemental appropriation from Alabama's Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 to support opioid use disorder treatment, prevention, and related services across state agencies and programs.
What This Bill Does
It allocates funds to multiple agencies for specific uses, including medication for opioid use disorders in state prisons, SUD treatment and housing services, prevention and navigation programs, crisis line support, and training. It directs funding for the 988 Crisis Line, prevention, treatment, recovery grants, and veteran-focused pilots, among other initiatives. Any unused funds in these appropriations do not revert and carry forward for the same purposes, and the act becomes effective immediately upon passage.

Who It Affects
Individuals with opioid or other substance use disorders in Alabama, including inmates in state prisons, women receiving SUD-related services, people needing housing or transitional space, those seeking recovery and detox services, crisis line users, veterans, and others who benefit from prevention and navigation programs.
State agencies and institutions that receive funding to run programs and services, including the Department of Corrections, Board of Pardons and Paroles, Department of Mental Health, Department of Public Health, Auburn University College of Pharmacy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and related education, training, and outreach initiatives.

Key Provisions
Allocates $1,000,000 to the Department of Corrections to support the implementation or expansion of MOUD (medication for opioid use disorders) in state prisons.
Allocates $5,490,000 to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, with $1,515,000 for SUD treatment and services for women, $2,300,000 for recovery and facility services including housing and transitional space, $175,000 to expand prevention services, and $1,500,000 to implement a program to streamline navigation of services for people with or affected by SUD.
Allocates $20,510,000 to the Department of Mental Health, including $2,000,000 for Medicaid State Match, $1,000,000 for residential detox, $1,150,000 for prevention and improved outcomes, $3,000,000 for the 988 Crisis Line, $8,060,000 for prevention, treatment, and recovery grants, $1,300,000 for a statewide marketing campaign, $1,000,000 for specialty courts, and $3,000,000 for a veterans pilot program through an RFP process.
Allocates $1,000,000 to Auburn University College of Pharmacy for education and training related to substance abuse.
Allocates $1,000,000 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham for residencies in psychiatry related to the study and treatment of substance abuse, with $500,000 available for a Montgomery residency.
Allocates $1,000,000 to the Department of Public Health for the purchase of Naloxone for distribution to state and local agencies and entities.
Unspent funds appropriated in this act shall not revert but shall be carried forward for the purposes specified.
The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (or becomes law otherwise).

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Subjects: Appropriations