Opioid Recovery Advisory Council

(a)There shall be an Opioid Recovery Advisory Council (Council) established to determine the allocation or expenditures of the Fund.

(b)The Council shall consist of the following eleven

(11)members, which shall include nine

(9)voting members, one

(1)non-voting member, and one

(1)non-voting member chairperson:

(1)the Attorney General, or designee, shall serve as the non-voting chairperson;

(2)the Director, or designee, of the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center;

(3)the Director, or designee, of the Department of Public Health and Social Services;

(4)the Administrator of the Courts, or designee, of the Judiciary of Guam, who shall serve as a non-voting member;

(5)the Administrator, or designee, of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority;

(6)one

(1)member appointed by I Maga’hagan Guahan, who is qualified by experience with opioid use disorder, either first-hand or as a family member of an individual with opioid use disorder;

(7)one

(1)member appointed by I Maga’hagan Guahan, who is qualified by experience with working as or with direct service providers or non-profit organizations;

(8)one

(1)member appointed by the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guahan;

(9)one

(1)member appointed by the Minority Leader of I Liheslaturan Guahan;

(10)one

(1)member appointed by the Mayors Council of Guam, who is qualified by experience with opioid use disorder, either first-hand or as a family member of an individual with opioid use disorder; and COL4/6/2022 CH. 22 GENERAL FISCAL POLICIES AND CONTROLS

(11)the Executive Director, or designee, of the Public Defender Service Corporation.

(c)In making appointments, appointing authorities shall consider having racially and socioeconomically diverse representation on the Council.

(d)A majority of voting members shall constitute a quorum. Determinations shall be made upon a majority vote.

(e)The Council shall hold no fewer than two

(2)meetings annually, subject to the provisions of 5 GCA Chapter 8 - the Open Government Law of Guam.

(f)Council members shall serve for terms of three

(3)years, and any member shall be eligible for reappointment. In the event of a vacancy, the original appointing authority shall appoint a new member to fulfill the remainder of the unexpired term. Any member who is appointed may be removed by the appointing authority upon written notice to the chairperson.

(g)Council members shall serve without compensation.

(h)In making determinations for expenditures of the Fund, Council members shall consider programs, including, but not limited to, those:

(1)to prevent substance use disorders through an evidence-based youth-focused public health education and prevention campaign, including school-based prevention and health care services and programs to reduce the risk of substance use by school-aged children;

(2)to develop and implement public education campaigns to reduce stigma against individuals with a substance use disorder, provide information about the risks of substance use, best practices for addressing substance use disorders, and information on how to locate services that reduce the adverse health consequences associated with substance use disorders or provide treatment for substance use disorders;

(3)to provide substance use disorder treatment and early recovery programs for youth and adults, with an emphasis on COL4/6/2022 CH. 22 GENERAL FISCAL POLICIES AND CONTROLS programs that provide a continuum of care that includes screening and assessment for substance use disorders and cooccurring disorders, active treatment, family involvement, case management, relapse management for substance use and other co-occurring behavioral health disorders, vocational services, literacy services, parenting classes, family therapy and counseling services, crisis services, recovery services, evidence-based treatments, medication-assisted treatments, including medication assisted treatment provided in correctional facilities, psychiatric medication, psychotherapy, and transitional services programs;

(4)to provide harm reduction counseling and services to reduce the adverse health consequences associated with substance use disorders, including overdose prevention and prevention of communicable diseases related to substance use, provided by a substance use disorder service provider or qualified community-based organization;

(5)to provide housing services for people who are recovering from a substance use disorder. Such housing services shall be appropriate, based on the individual's current need and stage of recovery. Such housing services may include, but are not limited to, supportive housing services;

(6)to support community-based or diversion programs that reduce the likelihood of criminal justice involvement for individuals who have or are at risk of having a substance use disorder;

(7)to provide programs for pregnant women and new parents who currently or formerly have had a substance use disorder, and newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome; and

(8)to provide vocational and educational training for individuals with, or at risk for, a substance use disorder.