(1) (a) For the 2017-18 and 2018-19 state fiscal years, the general assembly shall annually appropriate five hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year from the marijuana tax cash fund created in section 39-28.8-501 to the board of regents of the university of Colorado, for allocation to the college of nursing to implement the MAT expansion pilot program. The college of nursing may use a portion of the money annually appropriated for the pilot program to pay the direct and indirect costs that the college of nursing incurs to administer the pilot program, as well as to provide consulting services to and oversight of grant recipients, for data collection and analysis, evaluation of the pilot program, and program reporting.
(b) If any unexpended or uncommitted money appropriated for the 2017-18 fiscal year remains at the end of that fiscal year, the school of nursing may expend the money in accordance with this section in the 2018-19 fiscal year. Any unexpended or uncommitted money remaining at the end of the 2018-19 fiscal year reverts to the marijuana tax cash fund.
(2) The college of nursing may accept and expend any gifts, grants, or donations it receives to implement or administer the pilot program.