(a) The executive commissioner shall add a surcharge of not more than $10 to the license or license renewal fee for a license under this chapter to fund approved peer assistance programs for chemical dependency counselors. Money collected from the surcharge shall be remitted to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the chemical dependency counselor account. The chemical dependency counselor account is an account in the general revenue fund.
(b) Subject to the General Appropriations Act, the department may use the money from the surcharge collected under this section and deposited in the chemical dependency counselor account only to fund approved peer assistance programs and to pay the administrative costs incurred by the department that are related to the programs.