HB460 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rex ReynoldsRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025

Summary

This act provides a supplemental FY2025 appropriation of $41,059,071 from Alabama's Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund to multiple state agencies and programs to support opioid treatment, prevention, and related services.

What This Bill Does

It allocates funds for a wide range of opioid-related programs across state agencies and institutions, including treatment, prevention, crisis response, education, and research. It supports MAT and addiction counseling, Naloxone distribution, the 988 crisis line, detox and civil-commitment beds, and the creation of an opioid treatment center, along with training and outreach efforts. Any unspent money carries forward to continue these purposes, and the act takes effect June 1, 2025.

Who It Affects

• Individuals with opioid use disorder or those at risk of overdose who will gain access to expanded treatment, crisis resources, and prevention services.
• State agencies, higher education institutions, courts, veterans programs, health departments, and service organizations that receive funding to expand programs, training, and operations related to opioid treatment and prevention.

Key Provisions

• Allocates $41,059,071 for FY2025 from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund to specified entities for the purposes listed.
• Department of Corrections receives $900,000 for curriculum, peer support, addiction counseling, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT).
• Board of Pardons and Paroles receives $120,000 for passenger vans to expand opioid treatment programs.
• Department of Mental Health receives $27,860,000 with breakdowns: $2,000,000 Medicaid State Match; $1,000,000 residential detox; $1,000,000 Naloxone; $3,500,000 988 Crisis Line; $8,930,000 prevention, treatment, and recovery grants; $5,000,000 co-occurring civil commitment beds; $1,300,000 statewide marketing; $130,000 medical education by the Alabama Society of Addiction Medicine; $5,000,000 to establish a dedicated opioid treatment center using Therapeutic Community Treatment Model via an RFP.
• Auburn University receives $1,000,000 to expand the School of Pharmacy, K-12 Education Program, and Pharmacy Training related to substance abuse.
• University of Alabama at Birmingham receives $1,000,000 for psychiatry residencies related to substance abuse, with $500,000 for a Montgomery residency and $500,000 for a Huntsville residency.
• USA Health University of South Alabama receives $1,000,000 for training primary care providers in screening for opioid dependency.
• Alabama Department of Public Health receives $500,000 to provide rapid response to overdose outbreaks related to opioid use.
• Administrative Office of Courts receives $3,000,000 for Mental Health, Veterans and Drug Courts Grant Program.
• Department of Veterans Affairs receives $1,500,000 for continuation and sustainability of the Veterans Pilot Program.
• Department of Human Resources receives $500,000 for a grant program for at-risk youth opioid prevention and education.
• Office of Prosecution Services receives $2,600,000 for opioid prevention programs, inmate opioid treatment costs, Naloxone, and opioid management in cooperation with the Alabama Sheriffs Association.
• Department of Forensic Sciences receives $800,000 for fentanyl testing technology.
• Department of Senior Services receives $279,071 for the Kinship Caregiver Pilot Program.
• Section 2: Unexpended funds shall not revert and shall be carried forward for the intended purposes.
• Section 3: The act becomes effective June 1, 2025.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Appropriations