42 U.S.C. § 290ee–9 — Services for families and patients in crisis

submitted 8 years ago by Pub. L. 114-198 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 257 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services may fund nonprofit groups helping families affected by addiction. The money can pay for resource centers, technology, education, training, and program evaluation. Only nonprofit national, state, or local organizations qualify.

(a) In general: The Secretary of Health and Human Services may give grants to groups that focus on addiction and substance use disorders. These groups must specialize in helping families and patients, advocating for them, and providing educational information. (b) Allowable uses: A grant may go only to nonprofit national, state, or local organizations, and only for these activities: (1) growing resource centers with professional clinical staff who give families and individuals affected by substance use disorder support, help finding treatment, brief assessments, education on medication and overdose prevention, compassionate listening, peer recovery support, grief support, and case management; (2) building health information technology that uses new tools to prevent problems, step in early, and fill service gaps in underserved communities; (3) improving treatment and recovery resources, plus easy-to-read, science-based education on addiction, for families, individuals, and community stakeholders like law enforcement; (4) training and technical help for state and local governments, law enforcement, health care systems, research institutions, and other stakeholders; (5) expanding and delivering evidence-based educational information on substance use disorders; (6) training more community stakeholders, law enforcement officers, and families on addiction, health, and local drug-related issues; and (7) evaluating the program.

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(a) In general

The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants to entities that focus on addiction and substance use disorders and specialize in family and patient services, advocacy for patients and families, and educational information.

(b) Allowable uses

A grant awarded under this section may be used for nonprofit national, State, or local organizations that engage in the following activities:

(1)

Expansion of resource center services with professional, clinical staff that provide, for families and individuals impacted by a substance use disorder, support, access to treatment resources, brief assessments, medication and overdose prevention education, compassionate listening services, recovery support or peer specialists, bereavement and grief support, and case management.

(2)

Continued development of health information technology systems that leverage new and upcoming technology and techniques for prevention, intervention, and filling resource gaps in communities that are underserved.

(3)

Enhancement and operation of treatment and recovery resources, easy-to-read scientific and evidence-based education on addiction and substance use disorders, and other informational tools for families and individuals impacted by a substance use disorder and community stakeholders, such as law enforcement agencies.

(4)

Provision of training and technical assistance to State and local governments, law enforcement agencies, health care systems, research institutions, and other stakeholders.

(5)

Expanding upon and implementing educational information using evidence-based information on substance use disorders.

(6)

Expansion of training of community stakeholders, law enforcement officers, and families across a broad-range of addiction, health, and related topics on substance use disorders, local issues and community-specific issues related to the drug epidemic.

(7)

Program evaluation.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 114–198, title VII, § 709, as added Pub. L. 115–271, title VIII, § 8212, Oct. 24, 2018, 132 Stat. 4115.)

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2018Enacted · Pub. L. 114-198 · 132 Stat. 4115

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