Sec. 104. Prescription drug and other controlled substance abuse prevention
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Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall award 5-year grants to eligible entities to facilitate training in order to increase the capacity of health care providers to conduct patient screening and brief interventions, such as in health care settings, to prevent the abuse of prescription drugs and other controlled substances. The grant program under this section may be coordinated with the Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment grant program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or other appropriate program.
In this subsection, the term eligible entity includes— States; continuing education entities, such as health profession boards or health accrediting bodies; and other appropriate health or professional education organizations or institutions. Health care providers who participate in or are employed by a Federal health care program, including the Indian Health Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ), a State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. ), the State Children's Health Insurance Program under title XXI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq. ), and Federally qualified health centers, shall screen patients for abuse of prescription drugs or other controlled substances, conduct brief interventions, and provide referrals for known or suspected abuse of prescription drugs or other controlled substances, as appropriate.
The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants to States for the purpose of evaluating the prospect of the health professions board of such States reviewing and expanding prescribing authorities of providers, such as advance practice nurses and physician assistants, in order to control the abuse of prescription drugs or other controlled substances with respect to specific drugs and other controlled substances, as appropriate. .
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