Sec. 102. Transfer of SAMHSA authorities
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall delegate to the Assistant Secretary all duties and authorities that— as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, were vested in the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; and are not terminated by this Act. This section and the amendments made by this section apply beginning on the day that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. As of such day, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide for the transfer of the personnel, assets, and obligations of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to the Office of the Assistant Secretary.
Title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq. ) is amended— in the title heading, by striking and inserting Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ; Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders by amending section 501(a) to read as follows: The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders shall have the duties and authorities vested in the Assistant Secretary by this title in addition to the duties and authorities vested in the Assistant Secretary by section 501 of the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 and other provisions of law. ; by amending section 501(c) to read as follows:
The Assistant Secretary, with the approval of the Secretary, may appoint a Deputy Assistant Secretary and may employ and prescribe the functions of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to administer the activities to be carried out under this title. ; by striking subsection
(o)(relating to authorization of appropriations); by striking Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration each place it appears and inserting Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders ; by striking Administrator each place it appears and inserting Assistant Secretary , except where the term Administrator appears within the term— Associate Administrator; Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration; Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; or Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; by striking Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration each place it appears and inserting Office of the Assistant Secretary ; in section 502, by striking Administration or Center each place it appears and inserting Office or Center ; in section 502, by striking Administration's and inserting Office of the Assistant Secretary’s ; and by striking the term Administration each place it appears and inserting Office of the Assistant Secretary , except in the heading of section 520G(b) and where the term Administration appears with the term— Health Resources and Services Administration; or National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. After executing subsection (a), subsection (b), and the amendments made by subsection (c)— any reference in statute, regulation, or guidance to the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be construed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; and any reference in statute, regulation, or guidance to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be construed to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary.
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