Amendments to house Bill No. 701

2nd Reading Copy

Requested by Kim Abbott

For the (H) Committee of the Whole

Prepared by Megan Moore

04/01/2021, 04:12:05

1. Page 61, line 8.

Strike: "-- operating" through "funds"

2. Page 61, line 17 through page 62, line 4.

Strike: subsections (3) through (4) in their entirety

Insert: "(3) Funds deposited into the account must be transferred in the following amounts to provide funding as set out below:

  (a) 4.125% of the funds to be deposited into the nongame wildlife account established in 87-5-121;

  (b) 4.125% of the funds to be deposited into the state park account established in 23-1-105(1);

  (c) 4.125% of the funds to be deposited into the trails and recreational facilities account established in 23-2-108;

  (d) 37.125% of the funds to be deposited to the credit of the department of fish, wildlife, and parks to be used solely as funding for wildlife habitat in the same manner as funding generated under 87-1-242(3) and used pursuant to 87-1-209;

  (e) 10.5% to the state general fund; and

  (f) the remainder in the subaccounts provided for in this subsection (3)(f). There are subaccounts in the marijuana state special revenue account established by subsection (1). Funding deposited into this account under subsection (2) is further deposited into subaccounts to be used only as follows:

  (i) 10% of the funds to be deposited into a subaccount to be administered by the department of public health and human services to provide grants to existing agencies and not-for-profit organizations, whether government or community-based, to increase access to evidence-based low-barrier drug addiction treatment, prioritizing medically proven treatment and overdose prevention and reversal methods and public or private treatment options with an emphasis on reintegrating recipients into their local communities, to support overdose prevention education, and to support job placement, housing, and counseling for those with substance use disorders;

  (ii) 10% of the funds to be deposited into a subaccount to be administered by the department of commerce for distribution to the local government representing the locality where the retail sales occurred;

  (iii) 10% of the funds to be deposited into a subaccount to be administered by the veterans' affairs division of the department of military affairs to provide services and assistance for all Montana veterans and surviving spouses and dependents; and

  (iv) 10% of the funds to be deposited into a subaccount to be administered by the Montana department of public health and human services to administer medicaid rate increases that provide for a wage increase to health care workers who provide direct medicaid-funded home and community health services for elderly and disabled persons.

  (4) (a) Funds transferred from the accounts and subaccounts provided in subsection (3) may be used only to increase revenue for the purposes specified and may not be used to supplant other sources of revenue used for these purposes.

  (b) Funds deposited into the account provided in subsection (1) may be used only to increase revenue to each special revenue account or subaccount set forth in subsection (3) and may not be used to supplant other sources of revenue for these purposes."

3. Page 141, line 27 through page 142, line 17.

Strike: subsections (1) and (2) in their entirety

4. Page 142, line 18.

Strike: "(3) If the funds are available, the"

Insert: "The"

5. Page 142, line 20.

Strike: "(a)"

Insert: "(1)"

Renumber: subsequent subsections

6. Page 142, line 20.

Strike: "Up to $650,000"

Insert: "$1,604,301"

7. Page 142, line 21.

Strike: "Up to $650,000"

Insert: "$1,604,301"

8. Page 142, line 21.

Following: "23-2-108;"

Strike: "and"

9. Page 142, line 22.

Strike: "(c)"

Insert: "(3)"

10. Page 142, line 22.

Strike: "Up to $650,000"

Insert: "$1,604,301"

Following: "87-5-121"

Insert: ";

  (4) $14,438,715 to be used solely as funding for wildlife habitat in the same manner as funding generated under 87-1-242(3) and used pursuant to 87-1-209;

  (5) $1,555,687 to the department of public health and human services to provide grants to existing agencies and not-for-profit organizations, whether government or community-based, to increase access to evidence-based low-barrier drug addiction treatment, prioritizing medically proven treatment and overdose prevention and reversal methods and public or private treatment options with an emphasis on reintegrating recipients into their local communities, to support overdose prevention education, and to support job placement, housing, and counseling for those with substance use disorders;

  (6) $1,555,687 to the department of commerce for distribution to the local government representing the locality where the retail sales occurred;

  (7) $1,555,687 to the veterans' affairs division of the department of military affairs to provide services and assistance for all Montana veterans and surviving spouses and dependents; and

  (8) $1,555,687 to the Montana department of public health and human services to administer medicaid rate increases that provide for a wage increase to health care workers who provide direct medicaid-funded home and community health services for elderly and disabled persons"