Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama HB487: Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund to the entities and for the purposes herein in the amount of $43,138,650; and to transfer $5,000,000 that was appropriated from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund to the Department of Mental Health in Act 2025-255 of the 2025 Regular Session for a dedicated opioid treatment center to the Department of Public Health and appropriate those funds to the Department of Public Health for the same purpose.
From the enrolled text:
An Act, To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund to the entities and for the purposes herein in the amount of $43,138,650; and to transfer $5,000,000 that was appropriated from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund to the Department of Mental Health in Act 2025-255 of the 2025 Regular Session for a dedicated opioid treatment center to the Department of Public Health and appropriate those funds to the Department of Public Health for the same purpose. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund the sum of $43,138,650 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, to the entities and for the purposes specified herein: (1) To the Board of Pardons and Paroles for additional recovery and facility services at CARE in Thomasville and PREP facility modifications, $1,500,000; (2) To the Department of Mental Health, $26,360,000. Of this amount $2,000,000 shall be used for Medicaid State Match; $1,000,000 shall be used for residential detox; $1,000,000 shall be used to purchase Naloxone; $4,000,000 shall be used for the 988 Crisis Line; $8,930,000 shall be used for prevention, treatment, and recovery grants; $7,500,000 shall be used for co-occurring civil commitment beds; $1,300,000 shall be used for the …