Sec. 721. Opioid Epidemic Response Fund
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall use any funds made available pursuant to subsection
(b)to carry out the programs and activities described in subsection
(c)to address the opioid and substance use disorder epidemic. Such funds shall be in addition to any funds which are otherwise available to carry out such programs and activities. There is established in the Treasury an account, to be known as the Opioid Epidemic Response Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund ), for purposes of funding the programs and activities described in subsection (c). There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, to the Fund, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated $1,980,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. Amounts made available by paragraph
(2)shall be made available to the agencies specified in subsection
(c)in accordance with such subsection. Amounts made available to an agency pursuant to the preceding sentence for a fiscal year shall remain available until expended. Of the total amount in the Fund for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, such amount shall be allocated as follows: For the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to carry out programs and activities pursuant to section 722, $1,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. For the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out programs and activities pursuant to section 723, $120,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. For the Food and Drug Administration to carry out programs and activities pursuant to section 724, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. For the National Institutes of Health to carry out programs and activities pursuant to section 725, $240,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. For the Health Resources and Services Administration to carry out programs and activities pursuant to section 726, $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. For the Administration for Children and Families to carry out programs and activities pursuant to section 727, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, a work plan including the proposed allocation of funds made available pursuant to subsection
(b)for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 and the contents described in subparagraph (B). The work plan submitted under subparagraph
(A)shall include— the amount of money to be obligated or expended out of the Fund in each fiscal year for each program and activity described in subsection (c); and a description and justification of each such program and activity. Not later than October 1 of each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, a report including— the amount of money obligated or expended out of the Fund in the prior fiscal year for each program and activity described in subsection (c); a description of all programs and activities using funds made available pursuant to subsection (b); and how the programs and activities are responding to the opioid and substance use disorder epidemic. Notwithstanding any authority in this subtitle or any appropriations Act, any funds made available pursuant to subsection
(b)may not be used for any purpose other than the programs and activities described in subsection (c).