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22 118THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 238
55 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
66 reauthorize the residential substance use disorder treatment program,
77 and for other purposes.
88 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
99 JANUARY10, 2023
1010 Ms. J
1111 ACKSONLEEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
1212 Committee on the Judiciary
1313 A BILL
1414 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
1515 Act of 1968 to reauthorize the residential substance use
1616 disorder treatment program, and for other purposes.
1717 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1818 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
1919 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2020 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Residential Substance 4
2121 Use Disorder Treatment Act of 2023’’. 5
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2525 SEC. 2. RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREAT-1
2626 MENT PROGRAM. 2
2727 (a) A
2828 MENDMENTS.—Part S of title I of the Omnibus 3
2929 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 4
3030 10421 et seq.) is amended— 5
3131 (1) in the part heading, by striking ‘‘
3232 SUB-6
3333 STANCE ABUSE ’’ and inserting ‘‘SUBSTANCE USE 7
3434 DISORDER’’; 8
3535 (2) in section 1901 (34 U.S.C. 10421)— 9
3636 (A) in subsection (a)— 10
3737 (i) in paragraph (1)— 11
3838 (I) by striking ‘‘substance abuse’’ 12
3939 each place it appears and inserting 13
4040 ‘‘substance use disorder’’; and 14
4141 (II) by inserting after ‘‘pro-15
4242 grams’’ the following: ‘‘, including 16
4343 medication-assisted treatment pro-17
4444 grams, which shall be permitted to 18
4545 use any type of medication that has 19
4646 been approved to treat substance use 20
4747 disorders pursuant to section 505 of 21
4848 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-22
4949 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 355), or any 23
5050 type of biological product licensed 24
5151 under section 351 of the Public 25
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5555 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262),’’; 1
5656 and 2
5757 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 3
5858 ‘‘substance abuse’’ each place it appears 4
5959 and inserting ‘‘substance use disorder’’; 5
6060 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘sub-6
6161 stance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘substance use dis-7
6262 order’’; and 8
6363 (C) in subsection (c)— 9
6464 (i) by striking ‘‘part for treatment’’ 10
6565 and inserting ‘‘part for— 11
6666 ‘‘(1) treatment’’; 12
6767 (ii) in paragraph (1), as so des-13
6868 ignated, by striking the period at the end 14
6969 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 15
7070 (iii) by adding at the end the fol-16
7171 lowing: 17
7272 ‘‘(2) expanding residential substance use dis-18
7373 order treatment programs to use not less than 1 19
7474 medication or treatment that has been approved to 20
7575 treat substance use disorders pursuant to section 21
7676 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 22
7777 (21 U.S.C. 355).’’; 23
7878 (3) in section 1902 (34 U.S.C. 10422)— 24
7979 (A) in subsection (b)— 25
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8383 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik-1
8484 ing ‘‘A
8585 BUSE’’ and inserting ‘‘USE’’; and 2
8686 (ii) by striking ‘‘substance abuse’’ 3
8787 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub-4
8888 stance use disorder’’; 5
8989 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘sub-6
9090 stance abuse’’ each place it appears and insert-7
9191 ing ‘‘substance use disorder’’; 8
9292 (C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘sub-9
9393 stance abuse treatment’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-10
9494 stance use disorder treatment’’; 11
9595 (D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub-12
9696 stance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘substance use dis-13
9797 order’’; and 14
9898 (E) by adding at the end the following: 15
9999 ‘‘(g) T
100100 RAININGREQUIREMENT.— 16
101101 ‘‘(1) I
102102 N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 17
103103 funds under this part, the chief medical officer of 18
104104 the prison or jail or appropriate staff overseeing the 19
105105 program shall complete training, before or within a 20
106106 reasonable amount of time after receiving the funds, 21
107107 on, at a minimum— 22
108108 ‘‘(A) the science of addiction; 23
109109 ‘‘(B) the latest research and clinical guid-24
110110 ance for detoxification and withdrawal manage-25
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114114 ment and the treatment of substance use dis-1
115115 orders in criminal justice settings; 2
116116 ‘‘(C) strategies for continuity of care dur-3
117117 ing and after incarceration; 4
118118 ‘‘(D) an overview of— 5
119119 ‘‘(i) all medications for the treatment 6
120120 of substance use disorders; 7
121121 ‘‘(ii) how to obtain certification as an 8
122122 opioid treatment provider (OTP) or waiv-9
123123 ers under the Controlled Substances Act 10
124124 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) for prescribing cer-11
125125 tain medications; and 12
126126 ‘‘(iii) evidence-based behavioral thera-13
127127 pies used in addition to medication to im-14
128128 prove medication adherence and treatment 15
129129 outcomes; and 16
130130 ‘‘(E) any other topic determined by the At-17
131131 torney General, in coordination with the Sec-18
132132 retary of Health and Human Services and in 19
133133 consultation with experts in addiction science, 20
134134 to be a core element for successful training 21
135135 under this paragraph. 22
136136 ‘‘(2) R
137137 EQUIREMENT.—The training required 23
138138 under paragraph (1) shall include guidance on how 24
139139 to— 25
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143143 ‘‘(A) engage relevant stakeholders; 1
144144 ‘‘(B) identify available resources for, and 2
145145 gaps and barriers to, providing residential sub-3
146146 stance use disorder treatment; and 4
147147 ‘‘(C) develop a plan to overcome obstacles 5
148148 to administering and offering medication-as-6
149149 sisted treatment. 7
150150 ‘‘(h) P
151151 ROVIDERAFFILIATION.—Any entity, including 8
152152 a prison or jail, that receives Federal funds for a program 9
153153 or activity that offers medication-assisted treatment shall 10
154154 have an affiliation with a provider that can— 11
155155 ‘‘(1) prescribe not less than 1 medication-as-12
156156 sisted treatment to patients after release from the 13
157157 entity; and 14
158158 ‘‘(2) discuss the risks and benefits of, and alter-15
159159 natives to, medication-assisted treatment with pa-16
160160 tients.’’; and 17
161161 (4) in section 1904 (34 U.S.C. 10424)— 18
162162 (A) by amending subsection (c) to read as 19
163163 follows: 20
164164 ‘‘(c) L
165165 OCALALLOCATION.— 21
166166 ‘‘(1) I
167167 N GENERAL.—Not less than 10 percent of 22
168168 the total amount made available to a State under 23
169169 subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall be used by 24
170170 the State to make grants to local correctional and 25
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174174 detention facilities in the State (provided such facili-1
175175 ties exist therein). 2
176176 ‘‘(2) J
177177 AIL-BASED SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT 3
178178 PROGRAMS.—A jail-based substance use disorder 4
179179 treatment program described in paragraph (1) may 5
180180 be made available to any individual who is— 6
181181 ‘‘(A) awaiting trial or is otherwise in pre- 7
182182 trial detention; or 8
183183 ‘‘(B) serving a sentence of imprisonment in 9
184184 the jail.’’; and 10
185185 (B) by amending subsection (d) to read as 11
186186 follows: 12
187187 ‘‘(d) E
188188 VIDENCE-BASEDTREATMENTS.— 13
189189 ‘‘(1) I
190190 N GENERAL.—A State may use amounts 14
191191 received under this part to— 15
192192 ‘‘(A) provide any type of medication-as-16
193193 sisted treatment that has been approved to 17
194194 treat substance use disorders pursuant to sec-18
195195 tion 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-19
196196 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 355), and any type of bio-20
197197 logical product licensed under section 351 of 21
198198 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262), 22
199199 and prescribe overdose reversal medications 23
200200 during the residential substance use disorder 24
201201 treatment program or after care; 25
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205205 ‘‘(B) cover costs associated with the train-1
206206 ing required under section 1902(g); 2
207207 ‘‘(C) obtain waivers under clause (ii) or 3
208208 (iv) of section 303(g)(2)(G) of the Controlled 4
209209 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)(2)(G)); and 5
210210 ‘‘(D) obtain certification as an opioid 6
211211 treatment provider (OTP) in accordance with 7
212212 part 8 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, 8
213213 or any successor thereto, or the prescription of 9
214214 medications to treat substance use disorders. 10
215215 ‘‘(2) D
216216 EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 11
217217 ‘medication-assisted treatment’ means a treatment 12
218218 plan that combines behavioral therapy with any type 13
219219 of medication that has been approved to treat sub-14
220220 stance use disorders pursuant to section 505 of the 15
221221 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 16
222222 355), or any type of biological product licensed 17
223223 under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act 18
224224 (42 U.S.C. 262).’’. 19
225225 (b) A
226226 UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 20
227227 1001(a)(17) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 21
228228 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(17)) is 22
229229 amended to read as follows: 23
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233233 ‘‘(17) There are authorized to be appropriated to 1
234234 carry out the projects under part S $40,000,000 for each 2
235235 of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.’’. 3
236236 (c) D
237237 EFINITION.—Section 901(25) of title I of the 4
238238 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 5
239239 U.S.C. 10251(25)) is amended to read as follows: 6
240240 ‘‘(25) the term ‘residential substance use dis-7
241241 order treatment program’ means a course of com-8
242242 prehensive individual and group substance use dis-9
243243 order treatment services in residential treatment fa-10
244244 cilities that, to the greatest extent practicable, follow 11
245245 the guidance entitled, ‘Promising Practice Guidelines 12
246246 for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment’, pub-13
247247 lished in November 2017 by the Bureau of Justice 14
248248 Assistance, or as thereafter amended to conform to 15
249249 current standards of care;’’. 16
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