This law creates a special fund called the "Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund" within the State Treasury. The money in this fund is specifically set aside to support substance abuse treatment programs, ensuring there are always resources available for these purposes.

This law section explains that starting from the 2000-01 fiscal year, $60 million is allocated from California's General Fund to a special fund for substance abuse treatment. Then, for each year from 2001-02 to 2005-06, an extra $120 million will go to this fund annually. These funds are transferred at the beginning of each fiscal year and are available to use indefinitely without needing yearly approval. The law also allows for the possibility of additional funds being allocated in the future.

This law explains how money in the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund is to be distributed in California. Each year, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services distributes these funds to counties through the State Department of Health Care Services. The funds help cover costs for drug treatment programs, vocational training, family counseling, and literacy training. It can also reimburse costs like probation department and court monitoring, but not drug testing or incarceration costs. Funds are allocated fairly based on factors like arrest rates for drug possession and the need for treatment services. The department can directly contract with drug treatment providers if current services don't meet demand. Importantly, these funds can't replace existing funding sources and can't be used for drug treatment courts.

This section explains how funds from the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund are allocated to counties. If a county has leftover funds from a previous allocation, the department will withhold that amount from the new allocation, except for a 5% reserve. The department will reallocate 75% of withheld funds based on specific guidelines, while the remaining 25% will be held until final expenditure reports are submitted. If any county reports reveal more funds should have been withheld, adjustments will be made. The department can also authorize additional allocations if there's enough money in the fund, following proper notification procedures. Implementation can occur through various departmental communications, without formal rulemaking processes.

This law states that drug treatment programs cannot get money from the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund unless they agree to follow the local government's rules about where they can be located. Specifically, these programs need to comply with local zoning laws and any agreements related to land use and development.

If there's any money left over in the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund at the end of a fiscal year, it can be used for drug treatment programs in the next year.

This law requires a department to conduct three follow-up studies over two years to evaluate programs funded by the act. These evaluations must be provided to the Legislature by specific dates in 2009, 2011, and 2013. The studies focus on a range of topics, including implementation processes, cost savings, crime reduction, reduced need for prison construction, and the effectiveness of fund allocation. The studies also examine criminal justice outcomes, like rearrests, probation violations, and how offenders are managed—whether they're kept on probation, jailed, or imprisoned.

Additionally, the studies look at treatment success, including drug and alcohol use and social factors like employment and mental health. Special attention is given to methamphetamine offenders, including a separate analysis of their treatment costs and benefits. Finally, yearly reports must detail the number and characteristics of participants and associated costs.

This law allows the department to use up to 0.5 percent of the total money in a specific fund each year to pay for studies done by either a public or private university, as required by another section of the law.

This law requires counties to submit an annual report to the department. The report should include details about how many people they helped and other relevant information due to funding from this act. The department will provide a form and set the deadline for these reports.

This law requires the department to regularly check how counties use the money they get from this act. If a county doesn't spend the funds as intended, they have to either pay it back or fix the issue in another way that the department approves.

At the end of each fiscal year, counties in California can hold onto unspent money from the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund. They can use this leftover money on drug programs, but they need approval from the relevant department to do so.