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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2335 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration projects 

for the purpose of providing comprehensive services with respect to the 

problems of children who have been removed from environments in which 

methamphetamine is unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2005 

Mr. COOPER (for himself, Mr. WAMP, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. ROSS, 

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. CASE, Mr. FORD, 

Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. KIND, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. DAVIS of 

Tennessee, Mr. REICHERT, and Mr. MOORE of Kansas) 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 

demonstration projects for the purpose of providing comprehensive services with respect to the problems of children who have been removed from environments in which 

methamphetamine is unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed. 

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 ‘‘Meth-Endangered 

3 Children Protection Act of 2005’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN REGARDING EXPOSURE 

5 TO METHAMPHETAMINE. 

6 Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

8 end the following section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 506C. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN REGARDING EXPO10 SURE TO METHAMPHETAMINE. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 

12 to States for carrying out demonstration projects for the 

13 purpose of providing comprehensive services with respect 

14 to the problems of children who have been removed from 

15 environments in which methamphetamine is unlawfully 

16 manufactured, distributed, or dispensed. 

17 ‘‘(b) PREFERENCE IN MAKING GRANTS.—In making 

18 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pref19 erence to States in which, relative to other States, there 

20 is a substantial incidence or prevalence of occurrences of 

21 the unlawful manufacturing, distribution, or dispensing of 

22 methamphetamine. 

23 ‘‘(c) CERTAIN SERVICES.—Services that may be pro24 vided under a grant under subsection (a) include health 

25 services, mental health services, services regarding the 

26 transition from homes described in such subsection to ap-
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1 propriate residential environments, developmental evalua2 tions and services, and other services determined to be ap3 propriate by the Secretary to provide assistance regarding 

4 the problems of children described in such subsection. 

5 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the costs of 

7 a demonstration project to be carried out under sub8 section (a), the Secretary may make a grant under 

9 such subsection only if the State involved agrees to 

10 make available (directly or through donations from 

11 public or private entities) non-Federal contributions 

12 toward such costs in an amount that is not less than 

13 50 percent of such costs ($1 for each $1 provided 

14 in the grant). 

15 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT CONTRIB16 UTED.—Non-Federal contributions required in para17 graph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evalu18 ated, including plant, equipment, or services. 

19 Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 

20 services assisted or subsidized to any significant ex21 tent by the Federal Government, may not be in22 cluded in determining the amount of such non-Fed23 eral contributions. 

24 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 

25 made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 
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1 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

2 is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 

3 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec4 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

5 ‘‘(f) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary shall, directly or 

6 through contracts with public or private entities, provide 

7 for evaluations of demonstration projects under subsection 

8 (a) in order to determine the quality and effectiveness of 

9 the services provided to children by the projects. Such an 

10 evaluation may not be conducted with respect to a project 

11 before the expiration of the 24-month period beginning on 

12 the date on which a grant under such subsection is first 

13 made for the project. 

14 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

15 purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 

16 to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

17 2006 through 2010.’’. 

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