Terms Used In 10 Guam Code Ann. § 86109

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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.
(a) There is hereby created a Guam Drug and Alcohol Detoxification, Rehabilitation, and Prevention Grant Program within the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center for the purpose of providing annual grants to local non-profit organizations providing drug and alcohol detoxification, rehabilitation, and prevention services.

(b) The Grant Program shall be funded annually by appropriation from I Liheslaturan Guåhan and administered by the Director of the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center beginning in Fiscal Year 2006.

(c) All grants shall be approved by a grant review panel consisting of the Director of the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center, the Director of the Department of Public Health and Social Services and the Director of the Bureau of Plans and Statistics.

(d) The Director shall establish criteria that takes into consideration both sexes for the grant reviews of local non-profit organizations providing drug and alcohol detoxification, rehabilitation, and prevention services by October 1, 2005.

(e) The proportionate distribution of grant funds shall be a consideration in awarding grants to local non-profit drug and alcohol detoxification, rehabilitation, and prevention organizations servicing adult male, adult female and adolescent patients.

(f) The Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center, no later than May 1st of each year, shall provide to I Maga’lahen Guåhan and I Liheslaturan Guåhan an expenditure and performance report of grants issued to local non-profit organizations of the Guam Drug and Alcohol Detoxification, Rehabilitation, and Prevention Grant Program and shall include recommendations with reference to additional legislation or other action it deems necessary to carry out its purpose.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-061:2 (June 30, 2005).

2013 NOTE: This section was originally codified from GC § 85109, entiled, “”Legislative Process.”” Repealed by P.L. 18-048:13 (Jan. 2, 1987).

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P.L. 32-024:2 (May 6, 2013) renamed the Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse to the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center. Reference to the Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse was changed to Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center pursuant to P.L. 32-024:4.