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Union Calendar No. 381 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2818 

[Report No. 111–641] 

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 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Additional sponsors: Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 

SESTAK, and Mr. LUJA ́N

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 11, 2009] 


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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. 


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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 Edu5 cation, Treatment, and Hope Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENHANCING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AWARENESS 

7 OF METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION. 

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

9 U.S.C. 290bb(b)) is amended— 

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

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

12 (2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(13) collaborate with professionals in the addic15 tion field and primary health care providers to raise 

16 awareness about how to— 

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

18 abuse disorder; and 

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

20 screening and treating individuals with or at21 risk for developing an addiction, including ad22 diction to methamphetamine or other drugs;’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR PREG2 NANT AND PARENTING WOMEN. 

3 Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 290bb–1) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

7 by striking ‘‘postpartum women treatment for 

8 substance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘parenting 

9 women treatment for substance abuse (including 

10 treatment for addiction to methamphetamine)’’; 

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

12 in’’ and inserting ‘‘reside in or receive out13 patient treatment services from’’; and 

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

15 minor children of the women reside with the 

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

17 minor children of the women who reside in such 

18 facilities reside with such women’’; 

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

20 (2) to read as follows: 

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

22 services.’’; 

23 (3) by amending subsection (m) to read as fol24 lows: 

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

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


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1 entity that agrees to use the award for a program serving 

2 an area that— 

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

4 section 332 by the Administrator of the Health Re5 sources and Services Administration as a health pro6 fessional shortage area with a shortage of mental 

7 health professionals, or an area determined by the Di8 rector to have a shortage of family-based substance 

9 abuse treatment options; and 

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

11 rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other 

12 drugs.’’; 

13 (4) in subsection (p)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 1994’’ and in15 serting ‘‘one year after the date of the enactment 

16 of the Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, 

17 and Hope Act of 2010’’ ; 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘In submitting reports 

19 under this subsection, the Director may use data 

20 collected under this section or other provisions of 

21 law, insofar as such data is used in a manner 

22 consistent with all Federal privacy laws applica23 ble to the use of data collected under this section 

24 or other provision, respectively.’’ after ‘‘biennial 

25 report under section 501(k).’’; and 


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

2 subsection shall include’’ and all that follows and 

3 inserting ‘‘Each report under this subsection 

4 shall, with respect to the period for which the re5 port is prepared, include the following: 

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

7 under subsection (o). 

8 ‘‘(2) Data on the number of pregnant and par9 enting women in need of, but not receiving, treatment 

10 for substance abuse. Such data shall include, but not 

11 be limited to, the number of pregnant and parenting 

12 women in need of, but not receiving, treatment for 

13 methamphetamine abuse, disaggregated by State and 

14 tribe. 

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

16 women receiving treatment for substance abuse under 

17 programs carried out pursuant to this section, includ18 ing data disaggregated with respect to treatment for 

19 methamphetamine abuse.’’; 

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

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

22 (6) by inserting after subsection (p) the fol23 lowing: 

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

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


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1 coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting 

2 women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or 

3 other drugs.’’; and 

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

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

6 years 2001 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$16,000,000 

7 for fiscal year 2012, $16,500,000 for fiscal year 2013, 

8 $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, $17,500,000 for fis9 cal year 2015, and $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2016’’. 

10 SEC. 4. WORKPLACE INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE. 

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

12 U.S.C. 290bb–21(b)) is amended— 

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

14 end; 

15 (2) by redesignating paragraph (11) as para16 graph (13); and 

17 (3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol18 lowing new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(11) maintain a clearinghouse that provides in20 formation and educational materials to employers 

21 and employees about comprehensive drug-free work22 place programs and substance abuse prevention and 

23 treatment resources;’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTION STRATE2 GIES. 

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

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

5 amended by inserting after paragraph (11) the following 

6 new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(12) support the involvement of youth in the de8 velopment and implementation of prevention strate9 gies focused on youth, with regard to methamphet10 amine and other drugs; and’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 381 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2818 

[Report No. 111–641] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 

diction, and for other purposes. vention and treatment of methamphetamine adnant and parenting women, to improve the premethamphetamine treatment programs for pregformation clearinghouse, to support residential for the establishment of a drug-free workplace inSEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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