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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4918 

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants 

to medical and other health profession schools to expand or develop 

education and training programs for substance use prevention and treatment, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26, 2023 

Mr. KIM of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

to provide grants to medical and other health profession 

schools to expand or develop education and training programs for substance use prevention and treatment, 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 ‘‘Solutions Not Stigmas 

5 Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO DEVELOP OR ENHANCE SUB2 STANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT-RE3 LATED CURRICULA IN MEDICAL AND OTHER 

4 HEALTH PROFESSION SCHOOLS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary acting through the 

6 Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Ad7 ministration (in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’) 

8 may award grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, 

9 and implement substance use disorder treatment or chron10 ic pain education curricula, including with respect to clin11 ical training experiences in primary care, mental, and be12 havioral health settings. 

13 (b) CURRICULA.—Curricula funded under this sec14 tion shall— 

15 (1) be designed based on the best possible evi16 dence to improve communication and provider pre17 paredness with respect to substance use disorder and 

18 chronic pain treatment; 

19 (2) include curricula on— 

20 (A) prevention and early intervention for 

21 unhealthy substance use; 

22 (B) best practices, when applicable, for 

23 prescribing opioids and other addictive sub24 stances; and 

25 (C) clinical training experiences in primary 

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1 tings to complement classroom-based instruc2 tion; and 

3 (3) highlight the importance of reducing stigma 

4 and bias associated with substance use disorders and 

5 chronic pain. 

6 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

7 under this section, an entity shall— 

8 (1) be— 

9 (A) a school of allopathic medicine, or a 

10 school of osteopathic medicine (as defined in 

11 section 799B of the Public Health Service Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 295p)); 

13 (B) a school of nursing (as defined in sec14 tion 801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 296)); 

16 (C) a health profession school or program 

17 (other than a school of allopathic medicine or 

18 osteopathic medicine) that is accredited by an 

19 appropriate (as determined by the Secretary) 

20 accrediting body, including any such physician 

21 assistant educational program; or 

22 (D) a residency or fellowship program ac23 credited by the Accreditation Council for Grad24 uate Medical Education (ACGME); and 


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1 (2) submit an application to the Secretary by 

2 such time, in such form and manner, and containing 

3 such information as specified by the Secretary, in4 cluding— 

5 (A) a description of how the entity intends 

6 to implement the substance use disorder treat7 ment or chronic pain training curricula funded 

8 under this section; and 

9 (B) a description of how the entity intends 

10 to evaluate the success of such curricula. 

11 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 

12 (1) DURATION OF GRANT.—Under this section, 

13 a grant awarded to an entity shall be for a three14 year period. 

15 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

16 (A) GRANT AMOUNTS.—A grant awarded 

17 to an eligible entity under this section may not 

18 exceed $500,000. 

19 (B) ONE GRANT PER SCHOOL.—An entity 

20 shall not be eligible for more than one grant, 

21 and the Secretary shall not renew a grant, 

22 under this section. 

23 (3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

24 section, the Secretary shall give priority to medical 


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1 schools and other health profession schools and pro2 grams— 

3 (A) that submit applications under sub4 section (c)(2)— 

5 (i) in coordination with an addiction 

6 medicine fellowship training program; 

7 (ii) in coordination with a residency 

8 program; or 

9 (iii) demonstrating specific outcomes 

10 competencies in substance use disorders or 

11 chronic pain management; or 

12 (B) that, for purposes of implementing 

13 curricula funded under this section through the 

14 use of such a grant, partner with education pro15 grams for both physicians and non-physician 

16 health professionals. 

17 (e) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro18 priated to the Secretary to carry out this section 

19 $5,000,000 for each fiscal years 2024 through 2026. 

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