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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2818 

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 

JUNE 11, 2009 

Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself and Mrs. BONO MACK) 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 2009’’. 


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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 ‘‘reside 

7 with the women in’’ and inserting ‘‘reside with 

8 the women in, or receive outpatient treatment 

9 services from,’’; 

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

11 (2) to read as follows: 

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

13 services.’’; 

14 (3) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(h) ACCESSIBILITY OF PROGRAM.—A funding 

17 agreement for an award under subsection (a) for an appli18 cant is that the program operated pursuant to such sub19 section will be accessible to— 

20 ‘‘(1) pregnant and parenting women in low-in21 come households; and 

22 ‘‘(2) pregnant and parenting women in health 

23 disparity populations.’’; 

24 (4) by amending subsection (m) to read as fol25 lows: 


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

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

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

4 serving an area that— 

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

6 section 332 by the Administrator of the Health Re7 sources and Services Administration as a health pro8 fessional shortage area with a shortage of mental 

9 health professionals, or an area determined by the 

10 Director to have a shortage of family-based sub11 stance abuse treatment options; and 

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

13 rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other 

14 drugs.’’; 

15 (5) in subsection (p)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 1994’’ and in17 serting ‘‘October 1, 2010’’; 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘In submitting reports 

19 under this subsection, the Director may use 

20 data collected under this section or other provi21 sions of law.’’ after ‘‘biennial report under sec22 tion 501(k).’’; and 

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

24 subsection shall include’’ and all that follows 

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1 section shall, with respect to the period for 

2 which the report is prepared, include the fol3 lowing: 

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

5 under subsection (o). 

6 ‘‘(2) Data on the number of pregnant and par7 enting women in need of, but not receiving, treat8 ment for substance abuse under programs carried 

9 out pursuant to this section. Such data shall include, 

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

11 parenting women in need of, but not receiving, treat12 ment for methamphetamine abuse under such pro13 grams, disaggregated by State and tribe. 

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

15 women receiving treatment for substance abuse 

16 under programs carried out pursuant to this section, 

17 including data disaggregated with respect to treat18 ment for methamphetamine abuse.’’; 

19 (6) by redesignating subsections (q) and (r) as 

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

21 (7) by inserting after subsection (p) the fol22 lowing: 

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

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

25 coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting 


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1 women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or 

2 other drugs.’’; 

3 (8) in subsection (r) (as so redesignated)— 

4 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

5 (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

6 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(4) The term ‘health disparity population’ 

9 means a population in which there is a significant 

10 disparity in the overall rate of disease incidence, 

11 prevalence, morbidity, mortality, or survival rates in 

12 the population as compared to the health status of 

13 the general population.’’; and 

14 (9) in subsection (s) (as so redesignated), by 

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

16 years 2001 through 2003’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $21,000,000 for 

18 fiscal year 2011, $22,050,000 for fiscal year 2012, 

19 $23,152,500 for fiscal year 2013, and $24,310,125 

20 for fiscal year 2014’’. 

21 SEC. 4. DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE INFORMATION CLEARING22 HOUSE. 

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

24 U.S.C. 290bb–21(b)) is amended— 


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

2 end; 

3 (2) by redesignating paragraph (11) as para4 graph (12); and 

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(11) develop a clearinghouse that provides in8 formation and educational materials to employers 

9 and employees about drug testing policies and pro10 grams; and’’. 

11 SEC. 5. STUDENT-DRIVEN METHAMPHETAMINE AWARE12 NESS PROJECT. 

13 Section 519E(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act 

14 (42 U.S.C. 290bb–25e(c)(1)) is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

16 through (G) as subparagraphs (C) through (H), re17 spectively; and 

18 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(B) to develop, with the guidance of adult 

21 mentors and professionals, a student-driven 

22 methamphetamine awareness project such as a 

23 public service announcement or a television, 

24 radio, or print advertisement;’’. 

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