Sec. 101. Funding for opioid and heroin abuse prevention and treatment
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There are authorized to be appropriated, and are appropriated, out of monies in the Treasury not otherwise obligated, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, to improve opioid prescribing practices and expand access to substance use treatments to reduce opioid use disorders and overdose, to be made available in accordance with this Act. Subpart 1 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 509 the following:
The Secretary shall enter into additional targeted response cooperative agreements with States under this title to expand opioid treatment capacity and make services more affordable to those who cannot afford such services. The Secretary shall allocate funding to States under this section based on— the severity of the opioid epidemic in the State; and the strength of the strategy of the State to respond to such epidemic. Amounts received by a State under this section shall be used to expand treatment capacity and make services more affordable to those who cannot afford such services and to help individuals seek treatment, successfully complete treatment, and sustain recovery.
Of the amounts appropriated under section 101(a) of the Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act for fiscal year 2017, $460,000,000 shall be made available to carry out this section, to remain available until expended. . Section 331(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254d(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall use amounts made available under subparagraph
(B)to support enhanced loan repayment awards to increase the number of clinicians in the Corps with medication assisted treatment training to treat individuals with opioid use disorders through loan repayments to clinicians. Of the amounts appropriated under section 101(a) of the Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act for fiscal year 2017, $25,000,000 shall be made available to carry out this section, to remain available until expended. . Subpart 1 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 510, as added by subsection (b), the following: In order to assess the treatment outcomes of patients with opioid addiction receiving medication-assisted treatment, the Secretary shall evaluate the short, medium, and long-term outcomes of such substance abuse treatment programs in order to increase effectiveness in reducing opioid use disorders, overdose, and death. Of the amounts appropriated under section 101(a) of the Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act for fiscal year 2017, $15,000,000 shall be made available to carry out this section, to remain available until expended. .
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