42 U.S.C. § 3797ff (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 3797ff. Description
(a) Grants authorized
From amounts made available to carry out this subchapter, the Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes, for use by the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe to provide services primarily relating to opioid abuse, including for any one or more of the following:
(1) Developing, implementing, or expanding a treatment alternative to incarceration program, which may include—
(A) prebooking or postbooking components, which may include the activities described in subchapter XV–B or XIX of this chapter;
(B) training for criminal justice agency personnel on substance use disorders and co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders;
(C) a mental health court, including the activities described in subchapter XII–J of this chapter;
(D) a drug court, including the activities described in subchapter XVI of this chapter;
(E) a veterans treatment court program, including the activities described in subsection (i) of section 3797aa of this title;
(F) a focus on parents whose incarceration could result in their children entering the child welfare system; and
(G) a community-based substance use diversion program sponsored by a law enforcement agency.
(2) In the case of a State, facilitating or enhancing planning and collaboration between State criminal justice agencies and State substance abuse agencies in order to more efficiently and effectively carry out activities or services described in any paragraph of this subsection that address problems related to opioid abuse.
(3) Providing training and resources for first responders on carrying and administering an opioid overdose reversal drug or device approved or cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, and purchasing such a drug or device for first responders who have received such training to so carry and administer.
(4) Locating or investigating illicit activities related to the unlawful distribution of opioids.
(5) Developing, implementing, or expanding a medication-assisted treatment program used or operated by a criminal justice agency, which may include training criminal justice agency personnel on medication-assisted treatment, and carrying out the activities described in subchapter XII–G of this chapter.
(6) In the case of a State, developing, implementing, or expanding a prescription drug monitoring program to collect and analyze data related to the prescribing of schedules II, III, and IV controlled substances through a centralized database administered by an authorized State agency, which includes tracking the dispensation of such substances, and providing for interoperability and data sharing with each other such program in each other State, and with any interstate entity that shares information between such programs.
(7) Developing, implementing, or expanding a program to prevent and address opioid abuse by juveniles.
(8) Developing, implementing, or expanding a program (which may include demonstration projects) to utilize technology that provides a secure container for prescription drugs that would prevent or deter individuals, particularly adolescents, from gaining access to opioid medications that are lawfully prescribed for other individuals.
(9) Developing, implementing, or expanding a prescription drug take-back program.
(10) Developing, implementing, or expanding an integrated and comprehensive opioid abuse response program.
(b) Contracts and subawards
A State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe may, in using a grant under this subchapter for purposes authorized by subsection (a), use all or a portion of that grant to contract with, or make one or more subawards to, one or more—
(1) local or regional organizations that are private and nonprofit, including faith-based organizations;
(2) units of local government; or
(3) tribal organizations.
(c) Program assessment component; waiver
(1) Program assessment component
Each program funded under this subchapter shall contain a program assessment component, developed pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney General, in coordination with the National Institute of Justice.
(2) Waiver
The Attorney General may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a program if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the program is not of sufficient size to justify a full program assessment.
(d) Administrative costs
Not more than 10 percent of a grant made under this subchapter may be used for costs incurred to administer such grant.
(e) Period
The period of a grant made under this subchapter may not be longer than 4 years, except that renewals and extensions beyond that period may be granted at the discretion of the Attorney General.
(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 3021, as added Pub. L. 114–198, title II, § 201(a)(1), July 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 711.)
heading: References in Text
text: Schedules II, III, and IV controlled substances, referred to in subsec. (a)(6), are set out in section 812(c) of Title 21, Food and Drugs.