Sec. 1003. Account for the state response to the opioid abuse crisis
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall use any funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection
(b)to carry out the grant program described in subsection
(c)for purposes of addressing the opioid abuse crisis within the States. There is established in the Treasury an account, to be known as the Account For the State Response to the Opioid Abuse Crisis (referred to in this subsection as the Account ), to carry out the opioid grant program described in subsection (c). The following amounts shall be transferred to the Account from the general fund of the Treasury: For fiscal year 2017, $500,000,000. For fiscal year 2018, $500,000,000. Any amounts transferred under subparagraph
(A)shall remain unavailable in the Account until such amounts are appropriated pursuant to paragraph (3). In each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018, there is authorized to be appropriated from the Account to the Secretary, for the grant program described in subsection (c), an amount not to exceed the total amount transferred to the Account under paragraph (2)(A), to remain available until expended. In each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, for any discretionary appropriation under the heading Account For the State Response to the Opioid Abuse Crisis for the grant program described in subsection (c), the total amount of such appropriations in the applicable fiscal year (not to exceed the total amount remaining in the Account) shall be subtracted from the estimate of discretionary budget authority and the resulting outlays for any estimate under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the amount transferred to the Account shall be reduced by the same amount. Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall award grants to States for the purpose of addressing the opioid abuse crisis within such States, in accordance with subparagraph (B). In awarding such grants, the Secretary shall give preference to States with an incidence or prevalence of opioid use disorders that is substantially higher relative to other States. Grants awarded to a State under this subsection shall be used for carrying out activities that supplement activities pertaining to opioids undertaken by the State agency responsible for administering 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. ), which may include public health-related activities such as the following: Improving State prescription drug monitoring programs. Implementing prevention activities, and evaluating such activities to identify effective strategies to prevent opioid abuse. Training for health care practitioners, such as best practices for prescribing opioids, pain management, recognizing potential cases of substance abuse, referral of patients to treatment programs, and overdose prevention. Supporting access to health care services, including those services provided by Federally certified opioid treatment programs or other appropriate health care providers to treat substance use disorders. Other public health-related activities, as the State determines appropriate, related to addressing the opioid abuse crisis within the State. A State receiving a grant under subsection
(c)shall include in a report related to substance abuse submitted to the Secretary pursuant to section 1942 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300x–52 ), a description of— the purposes for which the grant funds received by the State under such subsection for the preceding fiscal year were expended and a description of the activities of the State under the program; and the ultimate recipients of amounts provided to the State in the grant. Any funds made available pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (b)— notwithstanding any transfer authority in any appropriations Act, shall not be used for any purpose other than the grant program in subsection (c); and shall be subject to the same requirements as substance abuse prevention and treatment programs under titles V and XIX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq. , 300w et seq.). This section shall expire on September 30, 2026.
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- 42 USC 300x–21
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