Sec. 301. Evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and interventions demonstration
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Subpart 1 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq. ) is amended— by redesignating section 514 ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–9 ), as added by section 3632 of the Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–310 ; 114 Stat. 1236), as section 514B; and by adding at the end the following: The Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (referred to in this section as the Director ) may award grants to State substance abuse agencies, units of local government, nonprofit organizations, and Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603 )) that have a high rate, or have had a rapid increase, in the use of heroin or other opioids, in order to permit such entities to expand activities, including an expansion in the availability of medication assisted treatment, with respect to the treatment of addiction in the specific geographical areas of such entities where there is a rate or rapid increase in the use of heroin or other opioids.
The entities receiving grants under paragraph
(1)shall be selected by the Director. The grant funds awarded under paragraph
(1)shall be used for activities that are based on reliable scientific evidence of efficacy in the treatment of problems related to heroin or other opioids. The Director shall ensure that grants awarded under subsection
(a)are distributed equitably among the various regions of the Nation and among rural, urban, and suburban areas that are affected by the use of heroin or other opioids. The Director shall— evaluate the activities supported by grants awarded under subsection (a); disseminate widely such significant information derived from the evaluation as the Director considers appropriate; provide States, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and providers with technical assistance in connection with the provision of treatment of problems related to heroin and other opioids; and fund only those applications that specifically support recovery services as a critical component of the grant program. The term medication assisted treatment means the use, for problems relating to heroin and other opioids, of medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. Of the funds appropriated to carry out this section in any fiscal year, the lesser of 5 percent of such funds or $1,000,000 shall be available to the Director for purposes of carrying out subsection (c). .
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- 42 USC 290bb–9
- Pub. L. 106-310
- 114 Stat. 1236
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Sec. 301
Evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and interventions demonstration
Cite42 USC 290bb–9
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106-310
Stat.114 Stat. 1236
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