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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 752 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment 

of a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, to support residential 

methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting 

women, to improve the prevention and treatment of methamphetamine 

addiction, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 

Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. BEN RAY

LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. RUSH, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Mr. 

VALADAO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 

the establishment of a drug-free workplace information 

clearinghouse, to support residential methamphetamine 

treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, 

to improve the prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction, 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 ‘‘Methamphetamine 

5 Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AWARENESS 

2 OF METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION. 

3 Section 507(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 290bb(b)) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) 

6 as paragraphs (14) and (15), respectively; and 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(13) collaborate with professionals in the ad10 diction field and primary health care providers to 

11 raise awareness about how to— 

12 ‘‘(A) recognize the signs of a substance 

13 abuse disorder; and 

14 ‘‘(B) apply evidence-based practices for 

15 screening and treating individuals with or at16 risk for developing an addiction, including ad17 diction to methamphetamine or other drugs;’’. 

18 SEC. 3. RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR PREG19 NANT AND PARENTING WOMEN. 

20 Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 290bb–1) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

24 by striking ‘‘postpartum women treatment for 

25 substance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘parenting 

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1 ing treatment for addiction to methamphet2 amine)’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘reside 

4 in’’ and inserting ‘‘reside in or receive out5 patient treatment services from’’; and 

6 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 

7 minor children of the women reside with the 

8 women in such facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

9 minor children of the women who reside in such 

10 facilities reside with such women’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph 

12 (2) to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(2) Referrals for necessary hospital and dental 

14 services.’’; 

15 (3) by amending subsection (m) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(m) ALLOCATION OF AWARDS.—In making awards 

18 under subsection (a), the Director shall give priority to 

19 any entity that agrees to use the award for a program 

20 serving an area that— 

21 ‘‘(1) is a rural area, an area designated under 

22 section 332 by the Administrator of the Health Re23 sources and Services Administration as a health pro24 fessional shortage area with a shortage of mental 

25 health professionals, or an area determined by the 


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1 Director to have a shortage of family-based sub2 stance abuse treatment options; and 

3 ‘‘(2) is determined by the Director to have high 

4 rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other 

5 drugs.’’; 

6 (4) in subsection (p)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 1994’’ and in8 serting ‘‘one year after the date of the enact9 ment of the Methamphetamine Education, 

10 Treatment, and Hope Act of 2013’’; 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘In submitting reports 

12 under this subsection, the Director may use 

13 data collected under this section or other provi14 sions of law, insofar as such data is used in a 

15 manner consistent with all Federal privacy laws 

16 applicable to the use of data collected under 

17 this section or other provision, respectively.’’ 

18 after ‘‘biennial report under section 501(k).’’; 

19 and 

20 (C) by striking ‘‘Each report under this 

21 subsection shall include’’ and all that follows 

22 and inserting ‘‘Each report under this sub23 section shall, with respect to the period for 

24 which the report is prepared, include the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(1) A summary of any evaluations conducted 

2 under subsection (o). 

3 ‘‘(2) Data on the number of pregnant and par4 enting women in need of, but not receiving, treat5 ment for substance abuse. Such data shall include, 

6 but not be limited to, the number of pregnant and 

7 parenting women in need of, but not receiving, treat8 ment for methamphetamine abuse, disaggregated by 

9 State and tribe. 

10 ‘‘(3) Data on recovery and relapse rates of 

11 women receiving treatment for substance abuse 

12 under programs carried out pursuant to this section, 

13 including data disaggregated with respect to treat14 ment for methamphetamine abuse.’’; 

15 (5) by redesignating subsections (q) and (r) as 

16 subsections (r) and (s), respectively; 

17 (6) by inserting after subsection (p) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(q) METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION.—In carrying 

20 out this section, the Director shall expand, intensify, and 

21 coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting 

22 women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or 

23 other drugs.’’; and 

24 (7) in subsection (s) (as so redesignated), by 

25 striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary to fiscal 


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1 years 2001 through 2003’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, $16,500,000 for 

3 fiscal year 2015, $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, 

4 $17,500,000 for fiscal year 2017, and $18,000,000 

5 for fiscal year 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 4. WORKPLACE INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE. 

7 Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 290bb–21(b)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; 

11 (2) by redesignating paragraph (11) as para12 graph (13); and 

13 (3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol14 lowing new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(11) maintain a clearinghouse that provides 

16 information and educational materials to employers 

17 and employees about comprehensive drug-free work18 place programs and substance abuse prevention and 

19 treatment resources;’’. 

20 SEC. 5. YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTION STRATE21 GIES. 

22 Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 290bb–21(b)), as amended by section 4, is further 

24 amended by inserting after paragraph (11) the following 

25 new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(12) support the involvement of youth in the 

2 development and implementation of prevention strat3 egies focused on youth, with regard to methamphet4 amine and other drugs; and’’. 

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