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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5572 

To establish a grant program for family community organizations that provide 

support for individuals struggling with substance use disorder and their 

families. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2020 

Mr. TRONE (for himself and Mr. MEUSER) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program for family community organizations that provide support for individuals struggling with 

substance use disorder and their families. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Support Serv5 ices for Addiction Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS 

2 STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DIS3 ORDER. 

4 Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 553. FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS 

8 STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DIS9 ORDER. 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

11 ‘‘(1) the term ‘family community organization’ 

12 means an independent nonprofit organization that— 

13 ‘‘(A) mobilizes resources within and out14 side of the community of families with individ15 uals living with addiction, to provide a support 

16 network, education, and evidence-informed tools 

17 for families and loved ones of individuals strug18 gling with substance use disorders; and 

19 ‘‘(B) is governed by experts in the field of 

20 addiction, which may include— 

21 ‘‘(i) experts in evidence-informed 

22 interventions for family members; 

23 ‘‘(ii) experts in the impact of addic24 tion on family systems; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) families who have experience 

2 with substance use disorders and addiction; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(iv) other experts in the field of ad5 diction; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the term ‘family support services’ means 

7 resources or programs that support families that in8 clude an individual with substance use disorder. 

9 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 

10 award grants to family community organizations to enable 

11 such organizations to develop, expand, and enhance evi12 dence-informed family support services. 

13 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

14 costs of a program funded by a grant under this section 

15 may not exceed 85 percent. 

16 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under sub17 section (b)— 

18 ‘‘(1) shall be used to develop, expand, and en19 hance community and statewide evidence-informed 

20 family support services; and 

21 ‘‘(2) may be used to— 

22 ‘‘(A) build connections between family sup23 port networks, including providing technical as24 sistance between family community organiza25 tions and peer support networks, and with 


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1 other family support services, focused on en2 hancing knowledge of evidence-informed inter3 ventions for family members and loved ones of 

4 individuals living with substance use disorders, 

5 or problematic substance use, and reducing 

6 harm by educating service providers on current 

7 evidence regarding addiction and the family, in8 cluding— 

9 ‘‘(i) behavioral health providers, in10 cluding such providers focused specifically 

11 on family and couples therapy in the con12 text of addiction; 

13 ‘‘(ii) primary care providers; 

14 ‘‘(iii) providers of foster care services 

15 or support services for grandparents and 

16 other extended family impacted by addic17 tion; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) other family support services 

19 that connect to community resources for 

20 individuals with substance use disorders, 

21 including non-clinical community services; 

22 ‘‘(B) reduce stigma associated with the 

23 family of individuals with substance use dis24 orders by improving knowledge about addiction 

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1 port, and dispelling myths that perpetuate such 

2 stigma; 

3 ‘‘(C) conduct outreach on issues relating to 

4 substance use disorders and family support, 

5 which may include education, training, and re6 sources with respect to— 

7 ‘‘(i) building a resilience- and 

8 strengths-based approach to prevention of, 

9 and living with, addiction in the family; 

10 ‘‘(ii) identifying the signs of substance 

11 use disorder; 

12 ‘‘(iii) adopting an approach that mini13 mizes harm to all family members; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) families of individuals with a 

15 substance use disorder, including with re16 spect to— 

17 ‘‘(I) navigating the treatment 

18 and recovery systems; 

19 ‘‘(II) paying for addiction treat20 ment; 

21 ‘‘(III) education about substance 

22 use disorder; and 

23 ‘‘(IV) avoiding predatory treat24 ment programs; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) connect families to evidence-informed 

2 peer support programs. 

3 ‘‘(e) DATA REPORTING AND PROGRAM OVER4 SIGHT.—With respect to a grant awarded under sub5 section (a), not later than 90 days after the end of the 

6 first year of the grant period, and annually thereafter for 

7 the duration of the grant period, the entity shall submit 

8 data, as appropriate and to the extent practicable, to the 

9 Secretary regarding— 

10 ‘‘(1) the programs and activities funded by the 

11 grant; 

12 ‘‘(2) health outcomes of the population of indi13 viduals with a substance use disorder who received 

14 services through programs supported by the grant, 

15 as evaluated by an independent program evaluator 

16 through the use of outcomes measures, as deter17 mined by the Secretary; and 

18 ‘‘(3) any other information that the secretary 

19 may require for the purpose of ensuring that the 

20 grant recipient is complying with all the require21 ments of the grant. 

22 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

23 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

24 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026.’’. 

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