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H.R. 4088House118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

CAREER Act of 2023

Sponsored by Andy BarrRep. Andy Barr (R-KY)
Introduced June 14, 2023

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The CAREER Act reauthorizes and expands a federal grant program that helps people in substance‑use‑disorder treatment and recovery live independently and join the workforce. It changes how grant amounts are calculated by looking at state overdose death rates, unemployment rates, and labor‑force participation compared with national averages. The bill also allows grant money to cover transportation to work, vocational training, or treatment‑related services and raises the program’s annual funding to $12 million for fiscal years 2024‑2028.

Key Provisions

  • Grant rates will be adjusted based on a state’s average overdose death rate above the national average, unemployment rate above the national average, and labor‑force participation below the national average over the prior five‑year period.
  • Recipients may use grant funds to provide transportation for participants to jobs, vocational education, or treatment‑related activities.
  • Authorized funding increases from $5 million per year (FY2019‑2023) to $12 million per year for FY2024‑2028.
  • Minor technical edits (e.g., inserting “each,” redesignating subparagraphs, and updating reporting language) to implement the substantive changes.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health Subcommittee

June 16, 2023

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Introduced in House

June 14, 2023

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Education and Workforce Committee

June 14, 2023

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health Subcommittee

June 16, 2023

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Introduced in HouseIssued June 14, 2023

I

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4088

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 14, 2023

Mr. Barr (for himself and Ms. Davids of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to reauthorize a program to support individuals in substance use disorder treatment and recovery to live independently and participate in the workforce, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2023 or the CAREER Act of 2023.

2.

Treatment, recovery, and workforce support grants

Section 7183 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–8) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (b), by inserting each before for a period;

(2)

by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as follows:

(2)

Rates

The rates described in this paragraph are the following:

(A)

The amount by which the average rate of drug overdose deaths in the State, adjusted for age, for the period of 5 calendar years for which there is available data, including if necessary provisional data, immediately preceding the grant cycle (which shall be the period of calendar years 2018 through 2022 for the first grant cycle following the enactment of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2023) is above the average national overdose mortality rate, as determined by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the same period.

(B)

The amount by which the average rate of unemployment for the State, based on data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the period of 5 calendar years for which there is available data, including if necessary provisional data, immediately preceding the grant cycle (which shall be the period of calendar years 2018 through 2022 for the first grant cycle following the enactment of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2023) is above the national average for the same period.

(C)

The amount by which the average rate of labor force participation in the State, based on data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the period of 5 calendar years for which there is available data, including if necessary provisional data, immediately preceding the grant cycle (which shall be the period of calendar years 2018 through 2022 for the first grant cycle following the enactment of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2023) is below the national average for the same period.

;

(3)

in subsection (g)—

(A)

in paragraphs (1) and (3), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;

(B)

by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;

(C)

by striking An entity and inserting the following:

(1)

In general

An entity

; and

(D)

by adding at the end the following:

(2)

Transportation services

An entity receiving a grant under this section may use the funds for providing transportation for individuals to participate in an activity supported by a grant under this section, which transportation shall be to or from a place of work or a place where the individual is receiving vocational education or job training services or receiving services directly linked to treatment of or recovery from a substance use disorder.

;

(4)

in subsection (j)—

(A)

in paragraph (1), by inserting for each grant cycle after grant period; and

(B)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—

(I)

by striking the preliminary report and inserting each preliminary report; and

(II)

by inserting for the grant cycle after final report; and

(ii)

in subparagraph (A), by striking (g)(3) and inserting (g)(1)(C); and

(5)

in subsection (k), by striking $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.