34 U.S.C. § 60521 — Offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration program

(a) Grant program authorized. The Attorney General may make competitive grants to States, units of local government, territories, and Indian Tribes. The purpose is to: (1) improve drug treatment for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; and (2) reduce alcohol and other drug use among long-term substance abusers, both while they are in custody and through the end of their parole or court supervision. (b) Use of grant funds. A grant may be used to: (1) continue or improve drug treatment programs at a prison, jail, or juvenile facility; (2) develop and run programs for supervised long-term substance abusers, including alcohol and drug assessments, continuous drug treatment, and case management; (3) strengthen rehabilitation through addiction recovery support services; and (4) set up pharmacological (medication-based) drug treatment as part of a program serving offenders in a prison or jail. (c) Application. (1) In general: an entity that wants a grant must apply in the form, manner, and time the Attorney General requires. (2) Contents: the application must (A) name the agency, organization, or researcher who will run the drug treatment program; (B) certify the program was developed with the state's Single State Authority for Substance Abuse; (C) certify the program will be (i) clinically appropriate and (ii) provide comprehensive treatment; (D) describe how the program uses evidence-based strategies; and (E) describe how data will be collected and analyzed to measure effectiveness, including how randomized trials will be used where practical. (d) Reports to Congress. (1) By September 30, 2009, the Attorney General must send Congress an interim report on best practices for substance abuse treatment in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities, and for treating long-term substance abusers, including practices found through the addiction recovery work funded under subsection (b)(3). (2) By September 30, 2010, the Attorney General must send a final report on the drug treatment programs this section funded, including the same topics as the interim report. (e) Definition of Single State Authority for Substance Abuse. This term means the entity a State's Governor or chief executive officer designates as the state's single administrative authority for planning, developing, implementing, monitoring, regulating, and evaluating substance abuse services. (f) Authorization of appropriations. (1) Congress authorizes $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to carry out this section. (2) The Attorney General must make sure grants are distributed fairly across geographic regions and between urban and rural populations, including Indian Tribes, in a way consistent with reducing recidivism among offenders.