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AlabamaHB4872026 Regular SessionHouse

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Sponsored By: Rex Reynolds (Republican)

Enacted

Appropriations

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Bill Overview

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10 provisions identified: 10 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More funding for courts and testing

The Administrative Office of Courts gets $3 million for Specialty Courts. District attorneys get $2.1 million, divided equally among districts. The Department of Forensic Sciences gets $450,000 to increase lab capacity and buy more fentanyl detection equipment. These allocations cover the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. They do not create direct household payments or new court eligibility rules.

More funding for seniors and grandparents

Alabama’s Department of Senior Services gets $500,000 for Seniors and Grandparents Programs. The funding covers the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The law does not specify the services, who qualifies, or any household payment amount.

Unspent opioid funds stay with programs

Beginning June 1, 2026, the law provides $43.13865 million in supplemental funding from Alabama’s Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund. That includes $26.36 million for the Department of Mental Health. The appropriations cover the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. Any money appropriated under this law that remains unspent must carry forward rather than return at year-end. Recipient agencies must still use that money for its original approved purpose.

More funding for addiction treatment

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, Alabama’s Department of Mental Health gets funding for addiction care. This includes $8.93 million for prevention, treatment, and recovery grants, plus $2 million for the state’s Medicaid share. Residential detox gets $1 million, and adolescent substance use treatment gets $500,000. Another $7.5 million funds co-occurring civil commitment beds. These funds do not set new patient eligibility rules or household payment amounts.

More funding for opioid crisis support

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, the Department of Mental Health gets $4 million for the 988 Crisis Line. It also gets $1 million to buy naloxone and $1.3 million to continue its statewide marketing campaign. USA Health at the University of South Alabama gets $1.1 million for the Safer Prescriptions and Diversion Reduction Campaign. That funding also supports EMS Hotspot and 211 service coordination. The law does not specify how the purchased naloxone is distributed.

More prevention and counseling for children

Auburn University gets $1.9 million to expand its Harrison College of Pharmacy K-12 Opioid Prevention Program. Alabama Child Advocacy Centers get $2.13665 million for counseling, family advocacy sessions, and forensic interviews. Both allocations cover the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The law funds these services but does not set individual eligibility rules or household payment amounts.

More recovery support for incarcerated people

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, the Board of Pardons and Paroles gets $1.5 million. It funds added recovery and facility services at CARE in Thomasville, plus PREP facility changes. The Department of Corrections gets $1 million to expand medication-assisted treatment in work release and general prison settings. It also funds evidence-based electronic recovery programs and telehealth counseling, including needed software and devices. The corrections funding also supports naloxone upon release and expanded substance use classes through distance learning.

More school awareness and jail treatment

The Office of Prosecution Services gets $1.092 million for school resource addiction awareness and opioid treatment support in jails. Jail treatment support must involve the Alabama Sheriff’s Association. The funding covers the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The law does not specify individual treatment eligibility or direct household payments.

More training funds for addiction care

The University of Alabama at Birmingham gets $2 million for its Psychiatry Residency Program. The Department of Mental Health gets $130,000 for addiction medicine education by the Alabama Society of Addiction Medicine. Both allocations cover the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The funds support training programs, not direct payments to households.

Public Health takes over treatment center

The law transfers $5 million previously approved under Act 2025-255 from Mental Health to Public Health. Public Health receives the transferred money for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, to establish a dedicated opioid treatment center. The center must use the Therapeutic Community Treatment Model. Public Health must use a competitive request for proposals to carry out the project. This redirects existing funding; it does not add another $5 million in new funding.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rex Reynolds

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Adline Clarke

    Democratic • House

  • Alan Baker

    Republican • House

  • Andy Whitt

    Republican • House

  • Anthony Daniels

    Democratic • House

  • Barbara Drummond

    Democratic • House

  • Bill Lamb

    Republican • House

  • Chad Robertson

    Republican • House

  • Chip Brown

    Republican • House

  • Chris Blackshear

    Republican • House

  • Cindy Myrex

    Republican • House

  • Danny Crawford

    Republican • House

  • Donna Givens

    Republican • House

  • Frances Holk-Jones

    Republican • House

  • Ginny Shaver

    Republican • House

  • Heath Allbright

    Republican • House

  • Ivan Smith

    Republican • House

  • James Lomax

    Republican • House

  • Jeff Sorrells

    Republican • House

  • Jennifer Fidler

    Republican • House

  • Joe Lovvorn

    Republican • House

  • Kenneth Paschal

    Republican • House

  • Kristin Nelson

    Republican • House

  • Laura Hall

    Democratic • House

  • Marcus Paramore

    Republican • House

  • Mark Gidley

    Republican • House

  • Mark Shirey

    Republican • House

  • Nathaniel Ledbetter

    Republican • House

  • Neil Rafferty

    Democratic • House

  • Paul W. Lee

    Republican • House

  • Phillip Ensler

    Democratic • House

  • Rick Rehm

    Republican • House

  • Russell Bedsole

    Republican • House

  • Steve Clouse

    Republican • House

  • Susan DuBose

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 409 • No: 0

House vote • 4/7/2026

Reynolds Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1245

Yes: 104 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/2/2026

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1126

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/2/2026

Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1125

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/2/2026

Third Reading in Second House

Yes: 33 • No: 0

House vote • 2/26/2026

Third Reading in House of Origin

Yes: 102 • No: 0 • Other: 1

House vote • 2/26/2026

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 615

Yes: 102 • No: 0 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Enacted

    4/17/2026House

  2. Signature Requested

    4/8/2026Senate

  3. Delivered to Governor

    4/8/2026House

  4. Reynolds Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1245

    4/7/2026House

  5. Ready to Enroll

    4/7/2026House

  6. Enrolled

    4/7/2026House

  7. Third Reading in Second House

    4/2/2026Senate

  8. Albritton 1st Substitute Offered

    4/2/2026Senate

  9. Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1125

    4/2/2026Senate

  10. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1126

    4/2/2026Senate

  11. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    3/5/2026Senate

  12. Reported Out of Committee Second House

    3/4/2026Senate

  13. Third Reading in House of Origin

    2/26/2026House

  14. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 615

    2/26/2026House

  15. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

    2/26/2026Senate

  16. Pending Committee Action in Second House

    2/26/2026Senate

  17. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    2/25/2026House

  18. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    2/25/2026House

  19. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund

    2/19/2026House

  20. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

    2/19/2026House

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