IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2818 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
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 methamphet-
amine addiction, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Methamphetamine 
Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AWARENESS 
OF METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION. 
Section 507(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) 
as paragraphs (14) and (15), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(13) collaborate with professionals in the ad-
diction field and primary health care providers to 
raise awareness about how to— 
‘‘(A) recognize the signs of a substance 
abuse disorder; and 
‘‘(B) apply evidence-based practices for 
screening and treating individuals with or at- 
risk for developing an addiction, including ad-
diction to methamphetamine or other drugs;’’. 
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SEC. 3. RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR PREG-
NANT AND PARENTING WOMEN. 
Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘postpartum women treatment for 
substance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘parenting 
women treatment for substance abuse (includ-
ing treatment for addiction to methamphet-
amine)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘reside 
in’’ and inserting ‘‘reside in or receive out-
patient treatment services from’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 
minor children of the women reside with the 
women in such facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
minor children of the women who reside in such 
facilities reside with such women’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph 
(2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) Referrals for necessary hospital and dental 
services.’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (m) to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(m) ALLOCATION OF AWARDS.—In making awards 
under subsection (a), the Director shall give priority to 
any entity that agrees to use the award for a program 
serving an area that— 
‘‘(1) is a rural area, an area designated under 
section 332 by the Administrator of the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration as a health pro-
fessional shortage area with a shortage of mental 
health professionals, or an area determined by the 
Director to have a shortage of family-based sub-
stance abuse treatment options; and 
‘‘(2) is determined by the Director to have high 
rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other 
drugs.’’; 
(4) in subsection (p)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 1994’’ and in-
serting ‘‘one year after the date of the enact-
ment of the Methamphetamine Education, 
Treatment, and Hope Act of 2010’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘In submitting reports 
under this subsection, the Director may use 
data collected under this section or other provi-
sions of law, insofar as such data is used in a 
manner consistent with all Federal privacy laws 
applicable to the use of data collected under 
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(6) by inserting after subsection (p) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(q) METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION.—In carrying 
out this section, the Director shall expand, intensify, and 
coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting 
women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or 
other drugs.’’; and 
(7) in subsection (s) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary to fiscal 
years 
2001 
through 
2003’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, $16,500,000 for 
fiscal year 2013, $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, 
$17,500,000 for fiscal year 2015, and $18,000,000 
for fiscal year 2016’’. 
SEC. 4. WORKPLACE INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE. 
Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb–21(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (11) as para-
graph (13); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) maintain a clearinghouse that provides 
information and educational materials to employers 
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and employees about comprehensive drug-free work-
place programs and substance abuse prevention and 
treatment resources;’’. 
SEC. 5. YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTION STRATE-
GIES. 
Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb–21(b)), as amended by section 4, is further 
amended by inserting after paragraph (11) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) support the involvement of youth in the 
development and implementation of prevention strat-
egies focused on youth, with regard to methamphet-
amine and other drugs; and’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 30 
(legislative day September 29), 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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