42 U.S.C. § 290bb–25d — Centers of excellence on services for individuals with fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol-related birth defects and treatment for individuals with such conditions and their families

(a) In general The Secretary must award grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to public or nonprofit private entities to set up no more than four centers of excellence. These centers study how to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD), adapt innovative clinical interventions and service-delivery improvements to give comprehensive services to affected individuals and their families, and provide training on these conditions. (b) Use of funds An award may be used to: (1) study adaptations of innovative clinical interventions and service-delivery strategies for children and adults with FAS or ARBD and their families; (2) identify communities with an exemplary, comprehensive system of care for these individuals so they can give technical assistance to other communities; (3) give technical assistance to communities that lack such a system of care; (4) train community leaders, mental health and substance abuse professionals, families, law enforcement, judges, health professionals, financial assistance staff, social service and child welfare professionals, and other providers on what FAS and ARBD mean and how to spot and refer these conditions early; (5) develop innovative techniques to prevent alcohol use by women of child-bearing years; and (6) carry out other functions the Secretary authorizes after considering recommendations from the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. (c) Report (1) At the end of its funding period, an award recipient must report to the Secretary on any innovative techniques it discovered for preventing alcohol use among women of child-bearing years. (2) After getting that report, the Secretary must share the findings with appropriate public and private entities. (d) Duration of awards Payments under an award can't be made for more than 5 years. (e) Evaluation The Secretary must evaluate each project funded under subsection (a) and share the findings with appropriate public and private entities. (f) Authorization of appropriations $5,000,000 is authorized for fiscal year 2001, plus whatever sums are necessary for fiscal years 2002 and 2003.