IIB
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2818
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 15, 2010
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, to support residential methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, to improve the prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Methamphetamine Education, Treatment,
and Hope Act of 2010
.
Enhancing health care provider awareness of methamphetamine addiction
Section 507(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb(b)) is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) as paragraphs (14) and (15), respectively; and
by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:
collaborate with professionals in the addiction field and primary health care providers to raise awareness about how to—
recognize the signs of a substance abuse disorder; and
apply evidence-based practices for screening and treating individuals with or at-risk for developing an addiction, including addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs;
.
Residential Treatment Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Women
Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–1) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking postpartum women treatment for
substance abuse
and inserting parenting women treatment for
substance abuse (including treatment for addiction to
methamphetamine)
;
in paragraph (1),
by striking reside in
and inserting reside in or receive
outpatient treatment services from
; and
in paragraph (2),
by striking the minor children of the women reside with the women in
such facilities
and inserting the minor children of the women
who reside in such facilities reside with such women
;
in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
Referrals for necessary hospital and dental services.
;
by amending subsection (m) to read as follows:
Allocation of awards
In making awards under subsection (a), the Director shall give priority to any entity that agrees to use the award for a program serving an area that—
is a rural area, an area designated under section 332 by the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration as a health professional shortage area with a shortage of mental health professionals, or an area determined by the Director to have a shortage of family-based substance abuse treatment options; and
is determined by the Director to have high rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.
;
in subsection (p)—
by striking
October 1, 1994
and inserting one year after the date of
the enactment of the Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of
2010
;
by inserting
In submitting reports under this subsection, the Director may use data
collected under this section or other provisions of law, insofar as such data
is used in a manner consistent with all Federal privacy laws applicable to the
use of data collected under this section or other provision,
respectively.
after biennial report under section
501(k).
; and
by striking
Each report under this subsection shall include
and all that
follows and inserting
Each report under this subsection shall, with respect to the period for which the report is prepared, include the following:
A summary of any evaluations conducted under subsection (o).
Data on the number of pregnant and parenting women in need of, but not receiving, treatment for substance abuse. Such data shall include, but not be limited to, the number of pregnant and parenting women in need of, but not receiving, treatment for methamphetamine abuse, disaggregated by State and tribe.
Data on recovery and relapse rates of women receiving treatment for substance abuse under programs carried out pursuant to this section, including data disaggregated with respect to treatment for methamphetamine abuse.
;
by redesignating subsections (q) and (r) as subsections (r) and (s), respectively;
by inserting after subsection (p) the following:
Methamphetamine addiction
In carrying out this section, the Director shall expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.
; and
in subsection (s)
(as so redesignated), by striking such sums as may be necessary to
fiscal years 2001 through 2003
and inserting $16,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012, $16,500,000 for fiscal year 2013, $17,000,000 for fiscal year
2014, $17,500,000 for fiscal year 2015, and $18,000,000 for fiscal year
2016
.
Workplace information clearinghouse
Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–21(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (10),
by striking and
at the end;
by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (13); and
by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new paragraph:
maintain a clearinghouse that provides information and educational materials to employers and employees about comprehensive drug-free workplace programs and substance abuse prevention and treatment resources;
.
Youth involvement in prevention strategies
Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–21(b)), as amended by section 4, is further amended by inserting after paragraph (11) the following new paragraph:
support the involvement of youth in the development and implementation of prevention strategies focused on youth, with regard to methamphetamine and other drugs; and
.
Passed the House of Representatives September 30 (legislative day September 29), 2010.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.