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of correctional facilities and] (1) substance use disorder screening, diagnostic and treatment services that are available to individuals who are incarcerated during the entirety of any period of incarceration; (2) mental health screening, diagnostic and treatment services that are available to individuals who are incarcerated during the entirety of any period of incarceration; and (3) the reintegration of such [inmates] individuals into the community. [The commissioner shall examine various options for the detoxification and treatment of drug-dependent inmates including, but not limited to, methadone maintenance treatment and other therapies or treatments, and the reintegration of drug-dependent inmates into the community upon their release from incarceration, including the transfer of inmates to community-based methadone or other therapy or treatment programs. The commissioner shall report his findings and recommendations and submit a proposal for detoxification, treatment and reintegration programs including, if appropriate, the establishment of one or more pilot programs for methadone maintenance or other therapy or treatment for drug- dependent inmates to the General Assembly not later than February 1, 1998.] On or before January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Correction shall report on such review, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Sec. 208. (Reserved) Sec. 209. (Reserved) Sec. 210. (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the State Fire Marshal, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the chairman of the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, shall, within available appropriations,