‘‘(I) offers services for treating 
substance use disorders and is li-
censed in accordance with applicable 
State law to provide such services; 
and 
‘‘(II) accepts health insurance for 
such 
services, 
including 
coverage 
under a State plan (or a waiver of 
such plan) under title XIX of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 
seq.); and 
‘‘(ii) may include— 
‘‘(I) a nonprofit provider of peer 
recovery support services; 
‘‘(II) a community health care 
provider; 
‘‘(III) 
a 
Federally 
qualified 
health center (as defined in section 
1861(aa)(4) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(4))); 
‘‘(IV) an Indian health program 
(as defined in section 4 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1603)), including an Indian 
health program that serves an Urban 
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center (as defined in such section); 
and 
‘‘(V) a Native Hawaiian health 
center (as defined in section 12 of the 
Native Hawaiian Health Care Im-
provement Act (42 U.S.C. 11711)). 
‘‘(2) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a pilot program to make grants, on 
a competitive basis, to eligible entities (on be-
half of participating partnerships) to address 
economic and workforce impacts associated with 
widespread occurrence of a substance use dis-
order. 
‘‘(B) GRANT
DURATION.—A grant made 
under this subsection shall be for a 2-year pe-
riod. 
‘‘(C) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In mak-
ing grants under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall ensure, to the extent practicable, the equi-
table distribution of grant awards, based on— 
‘‘(i) geography (such as urban and 
rural distribution); and 
‘‘(ii) the relative degree of the nega-
tive impact due to substance use disorder 
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demonstrated under paragraph (3)(B)(i)(I) 
for a service area as compared such nega-
tive impact for other service areas, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Sec-
retary may use not more than 5 percent of the 
funds made available under section 172(e) for 
the administrative costs of carrying out the 
pilot program. 
‘‘(3) GRANT APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity ap-
plying for a grant under this subsection shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time and in such form and manner as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require, including— 
‘‘(i) the information described in this 
paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) an assurance that such eligible 
entity will pay at least a portion of the 
costs of the independent evaluation re-
quired under paragraph (5)(B). 
‘‘(B) CONTENT.—An eligible entity shall 
include in the application— 
‘‘(i) information that demonstrates 
negative economic and workforce impacts 
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associated with widespread occurrence of a 
substance use disorder in the service area, 
including information that demonstrates 
that such widespread occurrence has 
caused, or is coincident to— 
‘‘(I) an economic downturn in the 
service area; 
‘‘(II) persistent economically de-
pressed conditions in such service 
area; or 
‘‘(III) a high unemployment rate 
or low labor force participation rate in 
the service area compared to the State 
in which the service area is located; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible entity 
proposing to serve a population described 
in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), a demonstration of 
a workforce shortage in occupations that 
support individuals with a substance use 
disorder, 
including 
information 
dem-
onstrating such shortage, such as— 
‘‘(I) the distance between— 
‘‘(aa) communities affected 
by substance use disorder in the 
service area; and 
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‘‘(bb) facilities or individuals 
offering services for treating sub-
stance use disorders; or 
‘‘(II) the maximum capacity of 
facilities of treatment providers, or oc-
cupations, to serve individuals in the 
service area; 
‘‘(iii) an analysis of the estimated per-
formance of the eligible entity (through the 
participating partnership) in carrying out 
the proposed services and activities under 
the grant, based on— 
‘‘(I) the levels of performance for 
other services and activities carried 
out by the eligible entity on the pri-
mary indicators of performance under 
section 116(b)(2)(A)(i); 
‘‘(II) the estimated number of in-
dividuals with a substance use dis-
order who may be served by the pro-
posed services and activities; 
‘‘(III) the record of the eligible 
entity in serving individuals with a 
barrier to employment; and 
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‘‘(IV) the ability of the eligible 
entity to establish a participating 
partnership; and 
‘‘(iv) a description of any entity de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(C)(ii) with whom 
the eligible entity will partner. 
‘‘(C) INFORMATION.—In providing the in-
formation required under subparagraph (B), 
the eligible entity may use information includ-
ing data on— 
‘‘(i) the incidence or prevalence of 
substance use disorder; 
‘‘(ii) the age-adjusted rate of drug 
overdose deaths, as determined by the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention; 
‘‘(iii) the rate of nonfatal hospitaliza-
tions related to substance use disorder; 
‘‘(iv) documentation of any layoff or 
announced future layoff, a notification pro-
vided in accordance with section 3(a) of 
the Worker Adjustment and Retraining 
Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102(a)), or 
documentation of legacy industry decline, 
decrease in an employment or labor market 
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