(2) for effectively working across the Federal 
and State criminal and substance abuse systems. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. 
SEC. 502. GRANTS FOR FAMILY-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
TREATMENT. 
Section 2925 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797s–4) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘An entity’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
ENTITY REPORTS.—An entity’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT
ON FAMILY- 
BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.—The Attorney 
General shall submit to Congress an annual report that 
describes the number of grants awarded under section 
2921(1) and how such grants are used by the recipients 
for family-based substance abuse treatment programs that 
serve as alternatives to incarceration for custodial parents 
to receive treatment and services as a family.’’. 
SEC. 503. VETERANS’ TREATMENT COURTS. 
Section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
(j); 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) ASSISTING VETERANS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) PEER-TO-PEER
SERVICES
OR
PRO-
GRAMS.—The term ‘peer-to-peer services or pro-
grams’ means services or programs that connect 
qualified veterans with other veterans for the 
purpose of providing support and mentorship to 
assist qualified veterans in obtaining treatment, 
recovery, stabilization, or rehabilitation. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
VETERAN.—The term 
‘qualified veteran’ means a preliminarily quali-
fied offender who— 
‘‘(i) has served on active duty in any 
branch of the Armed Forces, including the 
National Guard and reserve components; 
and 
‘‘(ii) was discharged or released from 
such service under conditions other than 
dishonorable. In circumstances where dis-
charged dishonorably due to drug use a 
waiver into the program may be permitted. 
‘‘(C) VETERANS TREATMENT COURT PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘veterans treatment court 
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program’ means a court program involving col-
laboration among criminal justice, veterans, and 
mental health and substance abuse agencies 
that provides qualified veterans with— 
‘‘(i) intensive judicial supervision and 
case management, which may include ran-
dom and frequent drug testing where ap-
propriate; 
‘‘(ii) a full continuum of treatment 
services, including mental health services, 
substance abuse services, medical services, 
and services to address trauma; 
‘‘(iii) alternatives to incarceration; 
and 
‘‘(iv) other appropriate services, in-
cluding housing, transportation, mentoring, 
employment, job training, education, and 
assistance in applying for and obtaining 
available benefits. 
‘‘(2) VETERANS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, may award grants under this sub-
section to applicants to establish or expand— 
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‘‘(i) veterans treatment court pro-
grams; 
‘‘(ii) peer-to-peer services or programs 
for qualified veterans; 
‘‘(iii) practices that identify and pro-
vide treatment, rehabilitation, legal, transi-
tional, and other appropriate services to 
qualified veterans who have been incarcer-
ated; and 
‘‘(iv) training programs to teach 
criminal justice, law enforcement, correc-
tions, mental health, and substance abuse 
personnel how to identify and appro-
priately respond to incidents involving 
qualified veterans. 
‘‘(B) 
PRIORITY.—In 
awarding 
grants 
under this subsection, the Attorney General 
shall give priority to applications that— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate collaboration be-
tween and joint investments by criminal 
justice, mental health, substance abuse, 
and veterans service agencies; 
‘‘(ii) promote effective strategies to 
identify and reduce the risk of harm to 
qualified veterans and public safety; and 
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‘‘(iii) propose interventions with em-
pirical support to improve outcomes for 
qualified veterans.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (j), as so redesignated— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS.—In addi-
tion to the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor-
ney General $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2016 through 2020 to carry out subsection (i).’’. 
TITLE VI—INCENTIVIZING STATE 
COMPREHENSIVE 
INITIA-
TIVES TO ADDRESS OPIOID 
AND HEROIN ABUSE 
SEC. 601. STATE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR COM-
PREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE RESPONSE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘civil liability protection law’’ 
means a State law that protects from civil liability 
individuals who give aid on a voluntary basis in an 
emergency to individuals who are ill, in peril, or oth-
erwise incapacitated; 
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(2) the term ‘‘dispenser’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances 
Act (21 U.S.C. 802); 
(3) the term ‘‘prescriber of a schedule II, III, 
or IV controlled substance’’ does not include a pre-
scriber of a schedule II, III, or IV controlled sub-
stance that dispenses the substance— 
(A) for use on the premises on which the 
substance is dispensed; 
(B) in a hospital emergency room, when 
the substance is in short supply; 
(C) for a certified opioid treatment pro-
gram; or 
(D) in other situations as the Attorney 
General may reasonably determine; 
(4) the term ‘‘prescriber’’ means a dispenser 
who prescribes a controlled substance, or the agent 
of such a dispenser; and 
(5) the term ‘‘schedule II, III, or IV controlled 
substance’’ means a controlled substance that is list-
ed on schedule II, schedule III, or schedule IV of 
section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 812(c)). 
(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Section 1177 of chap-
ter 16 of Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Reha-
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bilitation (21 U.S.C. chapter 16 subchapter IV) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by adding subsection 1177i and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘THE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL, 
IN
COORDINATION 
WITH THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND PLANNING AND 
IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Director of the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy, may award grants to 
States, and combinations thereof, to prepare a com-
prehensive plan for and implement an integrated 
opioid abuse response initiative. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—A State receiving a grant 
under this section shall establish a comprehensive 
response to opioid abuse, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) prevention and education efforts 
around heroin and opioid use, treatment, and 
recovery; 
‘‘(B) a comprehensive prescription drug 
monitoring program to track dispensing of 
schedule II, III, or IV controlled substances, 
which shall include— 
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‘‘(i) data sharing with other States by 
statute, regulation, or interstate agree-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) educating physicians, residents, 
medical students, and other prescribers of 
schedule II, III, or IV controlled sub-
stances on the prescription drug moni-
toring program of the State; 
‘‘(C) developing, implementing, or expand-
ing the prescription drug and opioid addiction 
treatment program of the State by— 
‘‘(i) expanding programs for medica-
tion-assisted 
treatment 
of 
prescription 
drug and opioid addiction, including train-
ing for treatment and recovery support 
providers; 
‘‘(ii) developing, implementing, or ex-
panding programs for behavioral health 
therapy for individuals who are in treat-
ment for prescription drug and opioid ad-
diction, including contingency manage-
ment, cognitive behavioral therapy, and 
motivational enhancements; or 
‘‘(iii) developing, implementing, or ex-
panding programs to screen individuals 
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who are in treatment for prescription drug 
and opioid addiction for hepatitis C and 
HIV, and provide treatment for those indi-
viduals if clinically appropriate; and 
‘‘(D) developing, implementing, and ex-
panding programs to prevent overdose death of 
prescription medications and opioids. 
‘‘(3) PLANNING GRANT APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State desiring a 
planning grant under this section to pre-
pare a comprehensive plan for an inte-
grated opioid abuse response initiative 
shall submit to the Attorney General an 
application in such form, and containing 
such information, as the Attorney General 
may prescribe by regulation or guidelines. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—An application 
for a planning grant under this section 
shall, at a minimum, include— 
‘‘(I) a budget and a budget jus-
tification for the activities to be car-
ried out using the grant; 
‘‘(II) a description of the activi-
ties proposed to be carried out using 
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the grant, including a schedule for 
completion of such activities; 
‘‘(III) outcome measures that will 
be used to measure the effectiveness 
of the programs and initiatives to ad-
dress opioids; and 
‘‘(IV) a description of the per-
sonnel necessary to complete such ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(B) 
PERIOD; 
NONRENEWABILITY.—A 
planning grant under this section shall be for a 
period of 1 year. A State may not receive more 
than 1 planning grant under this section. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNT.—A planning grant under 
this section may not exceed $100,000, except 
that the Attorney General may, for good cause, 
approve a grant in a higher amount. 
‘‘(D) STRATEGIC PLAN AND PROGRAM IM-
PLEMENTATION
PLAN.—A State receiving a 
planning grant under this section shall develop 
a strategic plan and a program implementation 
plan. 
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) APPLICATION.—A State desiring an 
implementation grant under this section to im-
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plement a comprehensive strategy for address-
ing opioid abuse shall submit to the Attorney 
General an application in such form, and con-
taining such information, as the Attorney Gen-
eral may prescribe by regulation or guidelines. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that re-
ceives an implementation grant under this sec-
tion shall use the grant for the cost of carrying 
out an integrated opioid abuse response pro-
gram in accordance with this section, including 
for technical assistance, training, and adminis-
trative expenses. 
‘‘(C) 
REQUIREMENTS.—An 
integrated 
opioid abuse response program carried out 
using an implementation grant under this sec-
tion shall— 
‘‘(i) ensure that each prescriber of a 
schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance 
in the State— 
‘‘(I) registers with the prescrip-
tion drug monitoring program of the 
State; and 
‘‘(II) consults the prescription 
drug monitoring program database of 
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the State before prescribing a sched-
ule II, III, or IV controlled substance; 
‘‘(ii) ensure that each dispenser of a 
schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance 
in the State— 
‘‘(I) registers with the prescrip-
tion drug monitoring program of the 
State; 
‘‘(II) consults the prescription 
drug monitoring program database of 
the State before dispensing a schedule 
II, III, or IV controlled substance; 
and 
‘‘(III) reports to the prescription 
drug monitoring program of the 
State, at a minimum, each instance in 
which a schedule II, III, or IV con-
trolled substance is dispensed, with 
limited exceptions, as defined by the 
State, which shall indicate the pre-
scriber by name and National Pro-
vider Identifier; 
‘‘(iii) require that, not fewer than 4 
times each year, the State agency or agen-
cies that administer the prescription drug 
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monitoring program of the State prepare 
and provide to each prescriber of a sched-
ule II, III, or IV controlled substance an 
informational report that shows how the 
prescribing patterns of the prescriber com-
pare to prescribing practices of the peers 
of the prescriber and expected norms; 
‘‘(iv) if informational reports provided 
to a prescriber under clause (iii) indicate 
that the prescriber is repeatedly falling 
outside of expected norms, direct the pre-
scriber to educational resources on appro-
priate prescribing of controlled substances; 
‘‘(v) ensure that the prescriber licens-
ing board of the State receives a report de-
scribing any prescribers that repeatedly 
fall outside of expected norms, as described 
in clause (iii); 
‘‘(vi) require consultation with the 
Single State Authority for Substance 
Abuse; and 
‘‘(vii) establish requirements for how 
data will be collected and analyzed to de-
termine the effectiveness of the program. 
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‘‘(D) PERIOD.—An implementation grant 
under this section shall be for a period of 2 
years. 
‘‘(E) AMOUNT.—The amount of an imple-
mentation grant under this section may not ex-
ceed $5,000,000 except that the Attorney Gen-
eral may, for good cause, approve a grant in a 
higher amount. 
‘‘(5) PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding 
planning and implementation grants under this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall give priority to a 
State that— 
‘‘(A) provides civil liability protection for 
first responders, health professionals, and fam-
ily members administering naloxone to counter-
act opioid overdoses by— 
‘‘(i) enacting legislation that provides 
such civil liability protection; or 
‘‘(ii) providing a certification by the 
attorney general of the State that the at-
torney general has— 
‘‘(I) reviewed any applicable civil 
liability protection law to determine 
the applicability of the law with re-
spect to first responders, health care 
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professionals, family members, and 
other individuals who may administer 
naloxone to individuals reasonably be-
lieved to be suffering from opioid 
overdose; and 
‘‘(II) concluded that the law de-
scribed in subclause (I) provides ade-
quate civil liability protection applica-
ble to such persons; 
‘‘(B) have in effect legislation or imple-
ment a policy under which the State shall not 
terminate, but may suspend, enrollment under 
the State plan for medical assistance under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 
et seq.) for an individual who is incarcerated for 
a period of fewer than 2 years; 
‘‘(C) have a process for enrollment in serv-
ices and benefits necessary by criminal justice 
agencies to initiate or continue treatment in the 
community, under which an individual who is 
incarcerated may, while incarcerated, enroll in 
services and benefits that are necessary for the 
individual to continue treatment upon release 
from incarceration; 
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‘‘(D) ensures the capability of data sharing 
with other States, such as by making data 
available to a prescription monitoring hub; 
‘‘(E) ensures that data recorded in the 
prescription drug monitoring program database 
of the State is available within 24 hours, to the 
extent possible; and 
‘‘(F) ensures that the prescription drug 
monitoring program of the State notifies pre-
scribers and dispensers of schedule II, III, or 
IV controlled substances when overuse or mis-
use of such controlled substances by patients is 
suspected.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. 
TITLE 
VII—GOOD 
SAMARITAN 
PROTECTION RULE OF CON-
STRUCTION 
All provisions in this Act and amendments made by 
this Act shall contain a priority consideration for grant 
eligibility and awards to provide protections from civil li-
ability with respect to the emergency administration of 
opioid overdose drugs. 
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Each grant made under this Act or an amendment 
made by this Act shall give priority to a State that— 
(A) provides civil liability protection for first re-
sponders, health professionals, and family members 
and bystanders, administering naloxone to counter-
act opioid overdoses by— 
(i) enacting legislation that provides such 
civil liability protection; or 
(ii) providing a certification by the attor-
ney general of the State that the attorney gen-
eral has— 
(I) reviewed any applicable civil liabil-
ity protection law to determine the applica-
bility of the law with respect to first re-
sponders, health care professionals, family 
members, and other individuals who may 
administer naloxone to individuals reason-
ably believed to be suffering from opioid 
overdose; and 
(II) concluded that the law described 
in subclause (I) provides adequate civil li-
ability protection applicable to such per-
sons. 
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TITLE VIII—OFFSET 
SEC. 701. OFFSET. 
The amounts expended to carry out this Act shall be 
offset by a corresponding reduction in Federal discre-
tionary spending. 
Æ 
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