The Council must:
(a) identify local alcohol and other drug addiction program needs, after receiving the advice of the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services by June 1 of each year;
(b) review the state alcohol and other drug addiction plan;
(c) assist in the development of an annual County alcohol and other drug addiction plan;
(d) recommend appropriate allocation of funds to support alcohol and other drug addiction programs after considering other available funding sources;
(e) promote alcohol and other drug addiction programs;
(f) conduct or participate in one or more public forums each year concerning alcoholism and other drug addiction; and
(g) issue an annual report to the County Executive, County Council, and Director of the Department of Health and Human Services by October 1 of each year. The report must:
(1) evaluate the progress of local alcohol and other drug addiction programs;
(2) identify actions needed to improve local alcohol and other drug addiction programs; and
(3) outline goals of the Council for the following year. (CY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 40, §1; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 2023 L.M.C., ch. 12, §1.)
Editor’s note—1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 5, reads as follows: “Sec. 5. A regulation that implements a function assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services by 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, continues in effect but is amended to the extent necessary to provide that the regulation is administered by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.”