Sec. 2. Opioid treatment and recovery initiative
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Subpart 1 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq. ) is amended— by redesignating the second section 514 relating to the methamphetamine and amphetamine treatment initiative ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–9 ) as section 514B; and by adding at the end the following: The Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment may award grants to the State agencies responsible for administering funds received under the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant program under title XIX, units of local government that have a high rate, or have had a rapid increase, in the use of, or death related to the use of, heroin or other opioids, including prescription opioids, and Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), in order to permit such entities to expand evidence-based treatment activities and related recovery services in the specific geographical areas of such entities where there exists a need to address the use of, or death related to the use of, heroin or other opioids.
Grants awarded under paragraph
(1)shall be directed to the substance abuse directors of the States and the appropriate tribal government authorities of the Indian tribes. Grant funds awarded under paragraph
(1)shall be used for activities that are based on reliable scientific evidence of efficacy in the treatment of problems related to the use or misuse of heroin or other opioids. The Director shall ensure that grants awarded under subsection
(a)are distributed equitably among the various regions of the United States and among rural, urban, and suburban areas that are affected by the use of heroin or other opioids. A State agency, unit of local government, or Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under subsection
(a)shall provide the Director with aggregate data and other information determined by the Director to be necessary to enable the Director— to evaluate the success of the grant program involved in achieving its purposes; and to prepare and submit the report to Congress on an annual basis. In carrying out this section, the Director shall— disseminate widely such findings derived from the evaluation conducted under subsection
(c)as the Director considers appropriate; provide States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations, and health care providers with technical assistance in connection with the provision of evidence-based treatment for problems related to heroin and other opioids; and give priority to applications for grants under this section that support recovery and related services as a critical component of the grant program, including comprehensive social services that assist with housing, employment, or education. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $27,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. Of the funds appropriated to carry out this section in any fiscal year under paragraph (1), the lesser of 5 percent of such funds or $1,000,000 shall be available to the Director for purposes of carrying out subsection (c). .
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