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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2352 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2352

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                                 AN ACT

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs 
      relating to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
                Administration, and for other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2352

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                                 AN ACT

 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs 
      relating to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
                Administration, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT PROVISIONS.

    (1) Mental Health.--Section 1915(b)(3)(A) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-4(b)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``material''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end thereof the 
        following: ``, except that the Secretary may defer the 
        reduction for a reasonable period of time, but in no event to 
        exceed 1 year, to afford the State an opportunity to correct or 
        mitigate the violation of the agreement that the State made for 
        the preceding year under paragraph (1), and the Secretary shall 
        recalculate the reduction accordingly''.
    (b) Substance Abuse.--Section 1930(c)(1) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-30(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``material''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end thereof the 
        following: ``, except that the Secretary may defer the 
        reduction for a reasonable period of time, but in no event to 
        exceed 1 year, to afford the State an opportunity to correct or 
        mitigate the violation of the agreement that the State made for 
        the preceding year under subsection (a), and the Secretary 
        shall recalculate the reduction accordingly''.

SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE 
              ABUSE.

    Section 205(b) of the ADAMHA Reorganization Act (42 U.S.C. 300x(b) 
note) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2), the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Fiscal year 1995.--With respect to an allotment for 
        fiscal year 1995 under section 1911 or 1921, the Secretary 
        shall, upon the request of the chief executive officer of a 
        State, make a transfer as described under paragraph (1) or (2) 
        in the case of any State for which such an allotment for fiscal 
        year 1995 is--
                    ``(A) in the case of an allotment under section 
                1911, at least 20 percent less than the amount of the 
                allotment for such State under such section for fiscal 
                year 1994; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an allotment under section 
                1921, at least 20 percent less than the amount of the 
                allotment for such State under such section for fiscal 
                year 1994.''.

SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND TREATMENT GRANTS.

    Section 1924(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300x-24(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``10 or more'' and inserting ``15 
or more''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 1994.

            Passed the Senate October 7 (legislative day, September 
      12), 1994.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
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