Title: Solutions Not Stigmas Act of 2019
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Solutions Not Stigmas Act of 2019
This bill permits the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a grant program for health professional schools or training programs to develop curricula in substance use disorder treatment or chronic pain education. Among other issues, the curricula must address (1) the reduction of stigma and bias associated with substance use and chronic pain, (2) prevention and early intervention for unhealthy substance use, and (3) best practices for prescribing addictive substances.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5631 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5631

  To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide 
  grants to medical and other health profession schools to expand or 
 develop education and training programs for substance use prevention 
                 and treatment, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 16, 2020

 Mr. Kim (for himself and Ms. Sherrill) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide 
  grants to medical and other health profession schools to expand or 
 develop education and training programs for substance use prevention 
                 and treatment, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Solutions Not Stigmas Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO DEVELOP OR ENHANCE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 
              TREATMENT-RELATED CURRICULA IN MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH 
              PROFESSION SCHOOLS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary acting through the Administrator of 
the Health Resources and Services Administration (in this section 
referred to as the `Secretary') may award grants to eligible entities 
to establish, expand, and implement substance use disorder treatment or 
chronic pain education curricula, including with respect to clinical 
training experiences in primary care, mental, and behavioral health 
settings.
    (b) Curricula.--Curricula funded under this section shall--
            (1) be designed based on the best possible evidence to 
        improve communication and provider preparedness with respect to 
        substance use disorder and chronic pain treatment;
            (2) include curricula on--
                    (A) prevention and early intervention for unhealthy 
                substance use;
                    (B) best practices, when applicable, for 
                prescribing opioids and other addictive substances; and
                    (C) clinical training experiences in primary care, 
                mental, and behavioral health care settings to 
                complement classroom-based instruction; and
            (3) highlight the importance of reducing stigma and bias 
        associated with substance use disorders and chronic pain.
    (c) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an entity shall --
            (1) be--
                    (A) a school of allopathic medicine, or a school of 
                osteopathic medicine (as defined in section 799B of the 
                Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p));
                    (B) a school of nursing (as defined in section 801 
                of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296));
                    (C) a health profession school or program (other 
                than a school of allopathic medicine or osteopathic 
                medicine) that is accredited by an appropriate (as 
                determined by the Secretary) accrediting body, 
                including any such physician assistant educational 
                program; or
                    (D) a residency or fellowship program accredited by 
                the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical 
                Education (ACGME); and
            (2) submit an application to the Secretary by such time, in 
        such form and manner, and containing such information as 
        specified by the Secretary, including--
                    (A) a description of how the entity intends to 
                implement the substance use disorder treatment or 
                chronic pain training curricula funded under this 
                section; and
                    (B) a description of how the entity intends to 
                evaluate the success of such curricula.
    (d) Administrative Provisions.--
            (1) Duration of grant.--Under this section, a grant awarded 
        to an entity shall be for a three-year period.
            (2) Limitations.--
                    (A) Grant amounts.--A grant awarded to an eligible 
                entity under this section may not exceed $500,000.
                    (B) One grant per school.--An entity shall not be 
                eligible for more than one grant, and the Secretary 
                shall not renew a grant, under this section.
            (3) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
        Secretary shall give priority to medical schools and other 
        health profession schools and programs--
                    (A) that submit applications under subsection 
                (c)(2)--
                            (i) in coordination with an addiction 
                        medicine fellowship training program;
                            (ii) in coordination with a residency 
                        program; or
                            (iii) demonstrating specific outcomes 
                        competencies in substance use disorders or 
                        chronic pain management; or
                    (B) that, for purposes of implementing curricula 
                funded under this section through the use of such a 
                grant, partner with education programs for both 
                physicians and non-physician health professionals.
    (e) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each fiscal years 
2020 through 2022.
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