Sec. 306. Evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and interventions demonstration
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall award grants to State substance abuse agencies, units of local government, nonprofit organizations, and Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603 )) that have a high rate, or have had a rapid increase, in the use of heroin or other opioids, in order to permit such entities to expand activities, including an expansion in the availability of medication assisted treatment, evidence-based counseling, or behavioral therapies with respect to the treatment of addiction in the specific geographical areas of such entities where there is a rate or rapid increase in the use of heroin or other opioids.
The entities receiving grants under paragraph
(1)shall be selected by the Secretary. The 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 heroin or other opioids. The Secretary shall ensure that grants awarded under subsection
(a)are distributed equitably among the various regions of the Nation and among rural, urban, and suburban areas that are affected by the use of heroin or other opioids. The Secretary shall— evaluate the activities supported by grants awarded under subsection (a); disseminate widely such significant information derived from the evaluation as the Secretary considers appropriate; provide States, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and providers with technical assistance in connection with the provision of treatment of problems related to heroin and other opioids; and fund only those applications that specifically support recovery services as a critical component of the grant program. In this section, the term medication assisted treatment means the use, for problems relating to heroin and other opioids, of medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. Of the funds appropriated to carry out this section in any fiscal year, not more than 5 percent of such funds shall be available to the Secretary for purposes of carrying out subsection (c).
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Sec. 306
Evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and interventions demonstration
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