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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 849

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grant programs for

youth substance abuse prevention and treatment.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 21, 1999

Mr. BINGAMAN 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 provide grant

programs for youth substance abuse prevention and

treatment.

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

3 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Substance

5 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAMS.

7 Title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

8 290aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing:
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1 ‘‘PART G—COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS FOR

2 YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

3 AND TREATMENT

4 ‘‘SEC. 581. GRANTS TO CONSORTIA.

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award

6 grants on a competitive basis to eligible consortia to enable

7 such consortia to establish the programs described in sub8 section (c).

9 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under sub10 section (a), the Secretary shall give priority to applications

11 from eligible consortia that provide services in rural areas

12 or for Native Americans.

13 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible consortium receiv14 ing amounts under subsection (a) shall use such amounts

15 to establish school-based substance abuse prevention and

16 student assistance programs for youth, including after

17 school programs, to provide services that address youth

18 substance abuse, including services that—

19 ‘‘(1) identify youth at risk for substance abuse;

20 ‘‘(2) refer any youth at risk for substance abuse

21 for substance abuse treatment;

22 ‘‘(3) provide effective primary prevention pro23 graming;

24 ‘‘(4) target underserved areas, such as rural

25 areas; and
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1 ‘‘(5) target populations, such as Native Ameri2 cans, that are underserved.

3 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An eligible consortium that de4 sires a grant under subsection (a) shall submit an applica5 tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and

6 containing such information as the Secretary may require.

7 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date

8 of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, an

9 eligible consortium receiving a grant under subsection (a)

10 shall submit to the Secretary a report describing the pro11 grams carried out pursuant to this section.

12 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

13 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘eligi14 ble consortium’ means an entity composed of a local

15 educational agency and community-based substance

16 abuse prevention providers and student assistance

17 providers in which the agency and providers main18 tain equal responsibility in providing the services de19 scribed in subsection (c).

20 ‘‘(2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

21 ‘local educational agency’ has the meaning given

22 such term in section 14101 of the Elementary and

23 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).
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1 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section,

3 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.

4 ‘‘SEC. 582. GRANTS TO TREATMENT FACILITIES.

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award

6 grants on a competitive basis to inpatient and outpatient

7 treatment facilities that provide the substance abuse treat8 ment services described in subsection (d).

9 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—To be eligible to receive

10 a grant under subsection (a), a treatment facility must

11 provide or propose to provide alcohol or drug treatment

12 services for individuals under the age of 22 years.

13 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under sub14 section (a), the Secretary shall give priority to applications

15 from treatment facilities that provide treatment services

16 in rural areas, for Native Americans, or for underserved

17 populations.

18 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A treatment facility receiving

19 amounts under subsection (a) shall use such amounts to

20 provide substance abuse treatment services for youth, in21 cluding community-based aftercare services that provide

22 treatment for the period of time following an individual’s

23 discharge from a drug treatment center.

24 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—A treatment facility that desires

25 a grant under subsection (a) shall submit an application
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1 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con2 taining such information as the Secretary may require.

3 ‘‘(f) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date

4 of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, a

5 treatment facility receiving a grant under subsection (a)

6 shall submit to the Secretary a report describing the serv7 ices provided pursuant to this section.

8 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

9 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section,

10 $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 through

11 2004.

12 ‘‘SEC. 583. GRANTS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

13 AND TREATMENT PROVIDERS.

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award

15 grants on a competitive basis to State and local substance

16 abuse prevention and treatment providers to enable such

17 providers to offer training to provide prevention and treat18 ment services for youth.

19 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under sub20 section (a), the Secretary shall give priority to applications

21 from areas in which—

22 ‘‘(1) there is a demonstrated high rate of sub23 stance abuse by youth; and
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1 ‘‘(2) the population is identified as underserved

2 or the prevention and treatment providers in the

3 area use distance learning.

4 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—A treatment provider that de5 sires a grant under subsection (a) shall submit an applica6 tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and

7 containing such information as the Secretary may require.

8 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date

9 of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, a

10 treatment provider receiving a grant under subsection (a)

11 shall submit to the Secretary a report describing the serv12 ices provided pursuant to this section.

13 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

14 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section,

15 $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 through

16 2004.

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