Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain grantees to contract with or make subawards to local or regional organizations that are private and nonprofit, and that may be faith-based, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This bill specifies that certain Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) programs may award grants, and grantees may make subgrants, to local or regional nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations.
The bill also specifies that SAMHSA may renew grants to residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women for up to five years.


[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5570 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5570

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain grantees to 
contract with or make subawards to local or regional organizations that 
 are private and nonprofit, and that may be faith-based, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2018

    Mr. Rogers of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain grantees to 
contract with or make subawards to local or regional organizations that 
 are private and nonprofit, and that may be faith-based, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN 
              SERVICES AND OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Residential Treatment Programs for Pregnant and Postpartum 
Women.--Section 508(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290bb-1(a)) is amended by inserting ``, (including local or regional 
organizations that are private and nonprofit, including faith-based 
organizations),'' after ``public and nonprofit private entities''.
    (b) Evidence-Based Prescription Opioid and Heroin Treatment and 
Interventions Demonstration.--Section 514B(a)(1) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-10(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``(which 
may include local or regional organizations that are private and 
nonprofit and that may be faith-based)'' after ``units of local 
government, nonprofit organizations''.
    (c) Opioid Overdose Reversal Medication Access and Education Grant 
Programs.--Section 545 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290ee) is amended by--
            (1) redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as (g) 
        through (i), respectively; and
            (2) inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) Contracts and Subawards.--A State may, in using a grant under 
this section, 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, and that may be faith-based;
            ``(2) units of local government; or
            ``(3) tribal organizations.''.
    (d) First Responder Training.--Section 546(a) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-1(a)) is amended by inserting ``local or 
regional organizations that are private and nonprofit and that may be 
faith-based,'' after ``grants to States, local governmental 
entities,''.
    (e) Building Communities of Recovery.--Section 547(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-2(b)) is amended by inserting ``and 
local or regional organizations (including such organizations that are 
private, nonprofit, or faith-based)'' after ``recovery community 
organizations''.
    (f) State Demonstration Grants for Comprehensive Opioid Abuse 
Response.--Section 548(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290ee-3(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Contracts and subawards.--A State, or combination of 
        States, may, in using a grant under this section, use all or a 
        portion of that grant to contract with, or make one or more 
        subawards to, one or more--
                    ``(A) local or regional organizations that are 
                private and nonprofit, and that may be faith-based;
                    ``(B) units of local government; or
                    ``(C) tribal organizations.''.

SEC. 2. RENEWAL OF AWARDS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR 
              PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN.

    Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-1) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (n), by inserting after ``may not exceed 
        5 years'' the following: ``unless the Director approves a 
        renewal of such an award under subsection (o)'';
            (2) in subsections (p) and (s), by striking ``subsection 
        (r)'' each place it appears and inserting ``subsection (s)'';
            (3) in subsection (r)(1), by striking ``subsection (s)'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (t)'';
            (4) after executing the amendments made by paragraphs (2) 
        and (3), by redesignating subsections (o) through (s) as 
        subsections (p) through (t), respectively; and
            (5) by inserting after subsection (n) the following:
    ``(o) Award Renewal.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director may renew an award under 
        subsection (a) for a period of up to 5 years beyond the 5-year 
        period described in subsection (n), subject to annual approval 
        by the Director, if the award recipient--
                    ``(A) continues to meets all eligibility criteria 
                under this section;
                    ``(B) has demonstrated, through reporting pursuant 
                to subsection (k), success in implementing programs 
                funded pursuant to subsection (a); and
                    ``(C) submits an application for renewal of the 
                award demonstrating that the recipient is at least as 
                qualified to implement programming under this section 
                as when the Director last approved the award of funds 
                under this section to the recipient.
            ``(2) Priority.--The Director shall prioritize award 
        renewals under paragraph (1) for award recipients seeking to 
        expand the geographic area in which the recipient provides 
        services supported pursuant to an award under subsection 
        (a).''.
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