Section 129 – Electronic Cigarette, Marijuana, and Other Drug Prevention Grant Program — Reporting.

Effective 7/1/2020
26A-1-129. Electronic Cigarette, Marijuana, and Other Drug Prevention Grant Program — Reporting.

• (1) As used in this section, “grant program” means the Electronic Cigarette, Marijuana, and Other Drug Prevention Grant Program created in this section.

• (2) There is created the Electronic Cigarette, Marijuana, and Other Drug Prevention Grant Program which shall be administered by local health departments in accordance with this section.

• (3)
  • (a) A local health department shall administer the grant program with funds allocated to the grant program under Subsection 59-14-807(4)(d), to award grants to:
    • (i) a coalition of community organizations that is focused on substance abuse prevention;
    • (ii) a local government agency, including a law enforcement agency, for a program that is focused on substance abuse prevention; or
    • (iii) a local education agency as defined in Section 53E-1-102.
  • (b) A recipient of a grant under the grant program shall use the grant to address root causes and factors associated with the use of electronic cigarettes, marijuana, and other drugs:
    • (i) by addressing one or more risk or protective factors identified in the Utah Student Health and Risk Prevention Statewide Survey; and
    • (ii) through one or more of the following activities aimed at reducing use of electronic cigarettes, marijuana, and other drugs:
      • (A) providing information;
      • (B) enhancing individual skills;
      • (C) providing support to activities that reduce risk or enhance protections;
      • (D) enhancing access or reducing barriers systems, processes, or programs;
      • (E) changing consequences by addressing incentives or disincentives;
      • (F) changing the physical design or structure of an environment to reduce risk or enhance protections; or
      • (G) supporting modifications or changing policies.
  • (c) The grant program shall provide funding for a program or purpose that is:
    • (i) evidence-based; or
    • (ii) a promising practice as defined by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• (4)
  • (a) An applicant for a grant under the grant program shall submit an application to the local health department that has jurisdiction over the area in which the applicant is proposing use of grant funds.
  • (b) The application described in Subsection (4)(a) shall:
    • (i) provide a summary of how the applicant intends to expend grant funds; and
    • (ii) describe how the applicant will meet the requirements described in Subsection (3).
  • (c) A local health department may establish the form or manner in which an applicant must submit an application for the grant program under this section.

• (5)
  • (a) A local health department shall:
    • (i) on or before June 30 of each year:
      • (A) review each grant application the local health department receives for the grant program; and
      • (B) select recipients for a grant under the grant program; and
    • (ii) before July 15 of each year, disperse grant funds to each selected recipient.
  • (b) A local health department may not award a single grant under this section in an amount that exceeds $100,000.

• (6)
  • (a) Before August 1 of each year, a recipient of a grant under the grant program shall, for the previous year, submit a report to the local health department that:
    • (i) provides an accounting for the expenditure of grant funds;
    • (ii) describes measurable outcomes as a result of the expenditures;
    • (iii) describes the impact and effectiveness of programs and activities funded through the grant; and
    • (iv) indicates the amount of grant funds remaining on the date that the report is submitted.
  • (b)
    • (i) A grant recipient shall submit the report described in Subsection (6)(a) before August 1 of each year until the grant recipient expends all funds awarded to the recipient under the grant program.
    • (ii) After a grant recipient expends all funds awarded to the recipient under the grant program, the grant recipient shall submit a final report to the local health department with the information described in Subsection (6)(a).

• (7)
  • (a) On or before September 1 of each year, each local health department shall submit the reports described in Subsection (6) to the Association of Local Health Departments.
  • (b) The Association of Local Health Departments shall compile the reports and, in collaboration with the Department of Health, submit a report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding:
    • (i) the use of funds appropriated to the grant program;
    • (ii) the impact and effectiveness of programs and activities that the grant program funds during the previous fiscal year; and
    • (iii) any recommendations for legislation.

Enacted by Chapter 347, 2020 General Session