SB 768

This bill creates grant programs related to drug trafficking, evidence-based

substance abuse prevention, juvenile and family treatment courts, and drug

treatment for inmates of county jails. The bill creates two attorney positions in the

Department of Justice to assist the division of criminal investigation in the field

offices of Wausau and Appleton and to assist district attorneys in the prosecution of

drug-related offenses. The bill also allows a court to order a person who is found

guilty of a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to attend a victim

impact panel or similar program as a part of his or her sentence.

This bill appropriates a total of $2,750,000 of general purpose revenue (GPR)

and allocates $500,000 of federal block grant money in the 2017-19 biennium to the

grant programs that are established under the bill. The bill appropriates $1,000,000

of GPR to DOJ for grants to Wisconsin law enforcement agencies to establish new

programs related to drug trafficking response, $1,500,000 of GPR for the

Department of Health Services to award grants to counties to provide nonnarcotic

drug treatment to inmates of county jails, and $250,000 of GPR for the Department

of Children and Families to award grants to counties or Indian tribes to establish and

operate juvenile and family treatment courts. The bill allocates $500,000 of federal

money received under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant

program to the Brighter Futures initiative through DCF to provide grants for new

evidence-based substance abuse prevention programs.