Sec. 501. Authority to award competitive grants to address opioid and heroin abuse by pregnant and parenting female offenders
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In this section— the term State criminal justice agency means the agency of the State responsible for administering criminal justice funds, including the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq. ); and the term State substance abuse agency means the agency of the State responsible for the State prevention, treatment, and recovery system, including management of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq. ).
Section 1177 of chapter 16 of Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation (21 U.S.C. chapter 16 subchapter IV) is amended— by adding subsection 1177h and inserting the following: The Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and the Attorney General may award competitive grants jointly to a State substance abuse agency and a State criminal justice agency to address the use of opioids and heroin among pregnant and parenting female offenders in the State to promote public safety, public health, family permanence, and wellbeing. .
A grant under this section shall be used to facilitate or enhance collaboration between the State criminal justice and State substance abuse systems in order to carry out programs to address the use of opioid and heroin abuse by pregnant and parenting female offenders. A State substance abuse agency and State criminal justice agency desiring a grant under this section shall jointly submit to the Attorney General an application in such form, and containing such information, as the Attorney General may prescribe by regulation or guidelines.
Each application for a grant under this section shall contain a plan to expand the services of the State for pregnant and parenting female offenders for the use of opioids, heroin, and other drugs, which shall be in accordance with regulations or guidelines established by the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. A plan submitted under subparagraph
(A)shall, at a minimum, include— a description of how the applicants will work jointly to address the needs associated with the use of opioids or heroin by pregnant and parenting female offenders to promote family stability and permanence; a description of the nature and the extent of the problem of opioid and heroin use by pregnant and parenting female offenders in the State; a certification that the State has involved counties and other units of local government, when appropriate, in the development, expansion, modification, operation, or improvement of proposed programs to address the problems associated with opioid and heroin use; a certification that funds received under this section will be used to supplement, not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds; and a description of clinically appropriate practices and procedures to— screen and assess pregnant and parenting female offenders for problems associated with opioids and heroin; provide clinically appropriate services, including medication-assisted treatment, for female offenders and their children in the same location to promote family permanence and self-sufficiency; and provide for a process to enhance or ensure the abilities of the State criminal justice agency and State substance abuse agency to work together to reunite families when appropriate in the case where family treatment is not provided. A grant under this section shall be for a period of 3 years. A State substance abuse agency and a State criminal justice agency receiving a grant under this section may apply for and, after the end of the period of the first grant under this section, receive 1 additional grant under this section. A State substance abuse agency and a State criminal justice agency receiving a grant under this section shall jointly submit to the Attorney General a report on the activities carried out under the grant at the end of each fiscal year during the period of the grant. Not later than 1 year after the end of the period of a grant under this section, the Attorney General shall submit a report to each committee of Congress with jurisdiction of the program under this section that summarizes the reports of the recipients of the grant and provides recommendations, if any, for further legislative action. The Attorney General shall support State substance abuse and State criminal justice agencies by developing, in consultation with State substance abuse and State criminal justice agencies, and offering a program of training and technical assistance to assist the agencies in developing programs and protocols— to implement this section; and for effectively working across the Federal and State criminal and substance abuse systems. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.
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Sec. 501
Authority to award competitive grants to address opioid and heroin abuse by pregnant and parenting female offenders
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