IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5572 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 19, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Support Serv3 ices for Addiction Act of 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS 

5 STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DIS6 ORDER. 

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

8 (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

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

11 STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DIS12 ORDER. 

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

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

15 means an independent nonprofit organization that— 

16 ‘‘(A) mobilizes resources within and out17 side of the community of families with individ18 uals living with addiction, to provide a support 

19 network, education, and evidence-informed tools 

20 for families and loved ones of individuals strug21 gling with substance use disorders; and 

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

23 addiction, which may include— 

24 ‘‘(i) experts in evidence-informed 

25 interventions for family members; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) experts in the impact of addic2 tion on family systems; 

3 ‘‘(iii) families who have experience 

4 with substance use disorders and addiction; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(iv) other experts in the field of ad7 diction; and 

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

9 resources or programs that support families that in10 clude an individual with substance use disorder. 

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

12 award grants to family community organizations to enable 

13 such organizations to develop, expand, and enhance evi14 dence-informed family support services. 

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

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

17 may not exceed 85 percent. 

18 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under sub19 section (b)— 

20 ‘‘(1) shall be used to develop, expand, and en21 hance community and statewide evidence-informed 

22 family support services; and 

23 ‘‘(2) may be used to— 

24 ‘‘(A) build connections between family sup25 port networks, including providing technical asVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:19 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5572.RFS H5572

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1 sistance between family community organiza2 tions and peer support networks, and with 

3 other family support services, focused on en4 hancing knowledge of evidence-informed inter5 ventions for family members and loved ones of 

6 individuals living with substance use disorders 

7 and reducing harm by educating service pro8 viders on current evidence regarding addiction 

9 and the family, including— 

10 ‘‘(i) behavioral health providers, in11 cluding such providers focused specifically 

12 on family and couples therapy in the con13 text of addiction; 

14 ‘‘(ii) primary care providers; 

15 ‘‘(iii) providers of foster care services 

16 or support services for grandparents, 

17 guardians, and other extended family im18 pacted by addiction; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) other family support services 

20 that connect to community resources for 

21 individuals with substance use disorders, 

22 including non-clinical community services; 

23 ‘‘(B) reduce stigma associated with the 

24 family of individuals with substance use dis25 orders by improving knowledge about addiction 


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1 and its treatment, providing compassionate sup2 port, and dispelling myths that perpetuate such 

3 stigma; 

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

5 substance use disorders and family support, 

6 which may include education, training, and re7 sources with respect to— 

8 ‘‘(i) building a resilience- and 

9 strengths-based approach to prevention of, 

10 and living with, addiction in the family; 

11 ‘‘(ii) identifying the signs of substance 

12 use disorder; 

13 ‘‘(iii) adopting an approach that mini14 mizes harm to all family members; and 

15 ‘‘(iv) families of individuals with a 

16 substance use disorder, including with re17 spect to— 

18 ‘‘(I) navigating the treatment 

19 and recovery systems; 

20 ‘‘(II) paying for addiction treat21 ment; 

22 ‘‘(III) education about substance 

23 use disorder; and 

24 ‘‘(IV) avoiding predatory treat25 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. 


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

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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