Peer Support Communities of Recovery Act

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Peer Support Communities of Recovery 
Act''.

SEC. 2. BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY.

    Section 547 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-2) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Definition'' and 
                inserting ``Definitions'';
                    (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``In this section, the term `recovery 
                community organization' means an independent nonprofit 
                organization that--'' and inserting ``In this 
                section:'';
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving 
                such subparagraphs (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the 
                right;
                    (D) by inserting before subparagraph (A) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(1) Recovery community organization.--The term `recovery 
        community organization' means an independent nonprofit 
        organization that--''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a national nonprofit entity focused on 
                substance use disorder with a network of local 
                affiliates and partners that are geographically and 
                organizationally diverse; or
                    ``(B) a nonprofit organization--
                            ``(i) focused on substance use disorder;
                            ``(ii) established by individuals in 
                        personal or family recovery; and
                            ``(iii) serving prevention, treatment, 
                        recovery, payor, faith-based, and criminal 
                        justice stakeholders in the implementation of 
                        local addiction and recovery initiatives.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary shall award grants 
                to recovery community organizations'' and inserting 
                ``The Secretary--
            ``(1) shall award grants to recovery community 
        organizations'';
                    (B) by striking ``services.'' and inserting 
                ``services and allow such organizations to use such 
                grant funds to carry out the activities described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (c)(2); 
                and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) may award grants to eligible entities for purposes of 
        establishing regional technical assistance centers, in 
        accordance with subsection (c)(2)(D).'';
            (3) by striking subsection (c);
            (4) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
        (c) and (d), respectively;
            (5) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``shall be used'' 
                and inserting ``to a recovery community organization 
                shall be used'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
                        preceding clause (i), by inserting before 
                        ``build'' the following: ``in the case of a 
                        grant awarded to a recovery community 
                        organization,'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by inserting before ``reduce'' 
                                the following: ``in the case of a grant 
                                awarded to a recovery community 
                                organization,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``and'' at the 
                                end;
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) by inserting before ``conduct'' 
                                the following: ``in the case of a grant 
                                awarded to a recovery community 
                                organization,''; and
                                    (II) by striking the period at the 
                                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) in the case of a grant awarded to an eligible 
                entity, provide for the establishment of regional 
                technical assistance centers to provide regional 
                technical assistance for the following:
                            ``(i) Implementation of regionally driven, 
                        peer-delivered addiction recovery support 
                        services before, during, after, or in 
                        conjunction with addiction treatment.
                            ``(ii) Establishment of recovery community 
                        organizations.
                            ``(iii) Establishment of recovery community 
                        centers.''; and
            (6) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
        before the period the following: ``, and


              

         $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Summary: Peer Support Communities of Recovery Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to nonprofits that focus on substance use disorder to establish regional technical assistance centers to provide assistance regarding implementation of peer-delivered addiction recovery support services, establishment of recovery community organizations and centers, and overdose reversal medication.