§ 396-H. Powers of the authority.
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§ 396-h. Powers of the authority. The authority, by and through its
board, shall have the following functions, powers and duties:
1. To coordinate and assist in activities in the county relating to
drug control;
2. To establish in-patient and out-patient treatment facilities for
persons with substance use disorders. Such facilities shall include, but
shall not be limited to:
a. detoxification centers and clinics for the out-patient treatment of
persons with substance use disorders;
b. a treatment center where persons with substance use disorders may
obtain professional counseling from physicians, psychologists,
psychiatrists and where possible, other persons with substance use
disorders;
c. half-way houses to provide continuing treatment for persons with
substance use disorders.
3. To create a referral program whereby persons with substance use
disorders and persons and agencies concerned with their treatment will
make use of the aforementioned treatment facilities;
4. To encourage and, when so requested, assist cooperative efforts
among local narcotic guidance councils and state agencies in developing
solutions to the drug problem;
5. To establish one or more treatment districts within the county
based on geography and population density; and to employ a referral
counselor in each treatment district;
6. To encourage and foster, if possible, the use of former drug
abusers and persons formerly addicted to drugs as staff personnel;
7. To assist narcotic guidance councils of a city, town or village
within the county in the development of preventative educational
programs;
8. To act as agent for the county in accepting any public or private
funds which may be made available to a county to control the problems of
drug abuse;
9. To make a continuing evaluation of the preventative educational
techniques and pharmacological and psychiatric treatment procedures used
in the county;
10. To utilize former drug abusers and ex-addicts in educational
counseling and make periodic evaluations of their effectiveness;
11. To establish youth centers to provide individual and group therapy
and develop constructive work habits;