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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3259 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and expand technical 

assistance and support for recovery community organizations and peer 

support networks, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 8, 2023 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. LUJA ́N, and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and 

expand technical assistance and support for recovery 

community organizations and peer support networks, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Peer Support Services 

5 Center of Excellence Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEER-RUN TRAINING AND TECHNICAL 

2 ASSISTANCE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR 

3 ADDICTION RECOVERY SUPPORT. 

4 Section 547A of the Public Health Service Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 290ee–2a) is amended— 

6 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘OF

7 EXCELLENCE’’ after ‘‘CENTER’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this sec10 tion as the ‘Secretary’)’’ after ‘‘Assistant Sec11 retary’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘of Excellence’’ after ‘‘As13 sistance Center’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ‘‘, in16 cluding recovery housing’’ after ‘‘services’’; 

17 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

18 through (5) as paragraphs (6) through (8), re19 spectively; and 

20 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(3) professional development of the peer sup23 port specialist workforce; 

24 ‘‘(4) integration of peer support specialists and 

25 recovery support services into nonclinical settings; 


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1 ‘‘(5) bridging the gap between evidence-based 

2 practices and practice-based evidence;’’; 

3 (4) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

4 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; 

5 (5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(d) PILOT PROGRAM.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

9 out a pilot program under which the Secretary shall 

10 establish a regional center of excellence, to be known 

11 as the National Peer-Run Training and Technical 

12 Assistance Regional Center of Excellence for Addic13 tion Recovery Support (referred to in this subsection 

14 as the ‘Regional Center of Excellence’), for a distinct 

15 geographic region of the United States, as deter16 mined by the Secretary. 

17 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Regional Center of Excel18 lence shall provide the technical assistance and sup19 port described in subsection (b) in a manner that is 

20 tailored to the needs of the region in which the Re21 gional Center of Excellence is located. 

22 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION; RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The pilot program 

24 under this subsection shall terminate on Sep25 tember 30, 2028. 


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1 ‘‘(B) RECOMMENDATIONS.—On termi2 nation of the pilot program under subparagraph 

3 (A), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 

4 report that makes recommendations on wheth5 er— 

6 ‘‘(i) to make permanent the Regional 

7 Center of Excellence; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) to establish additional regional 

9 centers of excellence in other distinct geo10 graphic regions of the United States.’’; and 

11 (6) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by 

12 striking ‘‘$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 

13 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each 

14 of fiscal years 2024 through 2028’’. 

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