Sec. 201. Comprehensive opioid abuse grant program
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Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: From amounts made available to carry out this part, the Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes, for use by the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe to provide services primarily relating to opioid abuse, including for any one or more of the following: Developing, implementing, or expanding a treatment alternative to incarceration program, which may include— pre-booking or post-booking components, which may include the activities described in part HH of this title; training for criminal justice agency personnel on substance use disorders and co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders; a mental health court, including the activities described in part V of this title; a drug court, including the activities described in part EE of this title; and a veterans treatment court program, including the activities described in subsection
(i)of section 2991 of this title. In the case of a State, facilitating or enhancing planning and collaboration between State criminal justice agencies and State substance abuse systems in order to more efficiently and effectively carry out programs described in paragraph
(1)that address problems related to opioid abuse. Providing training and resources for first responders on carrying and administering an opioid overdose reversal drug or device approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and purchasing such a drug or device for first responders who have received such training to carry and administer. Investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities related to the unlawful distribution of opioids. Developing, implementing, or expanding a medication-assisted treatment program used or operated by a criminal justice agency, which may include training criminal justice agency personnel on medication-assisted treatment, and carrying out the activities described in part S of this title. In the case of a State, developing, implementing, or expanding a prescription drug monitoring program to collect and analyze data related to the prescribing of schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances through a centralized database administered by an authorized State agency, which includes tracking the dispensation of such substances, and providing for data sharing with other States. Developing, implementing, or expanding a program to prevent and address opioid abuse by juveniles. Developing, implementing, or expanding an integrated and comprehensive opioid abuse response program. A State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe may, in using a grant under this subpart for purposes authorized by subsection (a), use all or a portion of that grant to contract with or make one or more subawards to one or more— local or regional organizations that are private and nonprofit, including faith-based organizations; units of local government; or tribal organizations. Each program funded under this subpart shall contain a program assessment component, developed pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney General, in coordination with the National Institute of Justice. The Attorney General may waive the requirement of paragraph
(1)with respect to a program if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the program is not of sufficient size to justify a full program assessment. Not more than 10 percent of a grant made under this subpart may be used for costs incurred to administer such grant. The period of a grant made under this part may not be longer than 4 years, except that renewals and extensions beyond that period may be granted at the discretion of the Attorney General. To request a grant under this part, the chief executive officer of a State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time and in such form as the Attorney General may require. Such application shall include the following: A certification that Federal funds made available under this subpart will not be used to supplant State, local, or tribal funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of such funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available for the activities described in section 3021(a). An assurance that, for each fiscal year covered by an application, the applicant shall maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial) as the Attorney General may reasonably require. A certification, made in a form acceptable to the Attorney General and executed by the chief executive officer of the applicant (or by another officer of the applicant, if qualified under regulations promulgated by the Attorney General), that— the programs to be funded by the grant meet all the requirements of this part; all the information contained in the application is correct; there has been appropriate coordination with affected agencies; and the applicant will comply with all provisions of this part and all other applicable Federal laws. An assurance that the applicant will work with the Drug Enforcement Administration to develop an integrated and comprehensive strategy to address opioid abuse. The Attorney General shall not finally disapprove any application (or any amendment to that application) submitted under this part without first affording the applicant reasonable notice of any deficiencies in the application and opportunity for correction and reconsideration. The Attorney General shall ensure equitable geographic distribution of grants under this part and take into consideration the needs of underserved populations, including rural and tribal communities. In this part: The term first responder includes a firefighter, law enforcement officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, or other individual (including an employee of a legally organized and recognized volunteer organization, whether compensated or not), who, in the course of professional duties, responds to fire, medical, hazardous material, or other similar emergencies. The term medication-assisted treatment means the use of medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of opioid abuse. The term opioid means any drug, including heroin, having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having such addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. The term schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance means a controlled substance that is listed on schedule II, schedule III, or schedule IV of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 812(c) ). The terms drug and device have the meanings given those terms in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 321 ). The term criminal justice agency means a State, local, or tribal— court; prison; jail; law enforcement agency; or other agency that performs the administration of criminal justice, including prosecution, pretrial services, and community supervision. The term tribal organization has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ). . There is authorized to be appropriated $65,000,000 to carry out this section, section 203, and section 204 (including the amendments made by such sections) for the period of fiscal years 2017 through 2021, of which $65,000,000 shall be made available from amounts appropriated under section 101(a) of the Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act for fiscal year 2017, to remain available until expended.
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