Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-285
Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]
Introduced: 2003-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alcoholism
Arizona
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug law enforcement
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency housing
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal employees
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Halfway houses
Health
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Health services administration
Housing and Community Development
Indian law enforcement
Indian medical care
Judicial officers
Juvenile delinquency
Labor and Employment
Legal education
Mental health services
Minorities
New York State
Police training
Prosecution
Transfer of employees
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor, of the Interior, of Education, of Housing and Urban Development, of Transportation, and the Attorney General, as appropriate, upon receiving an acceptable plan from an Indian tribe, to carry out a demonstration project to coordinate the Indian behavioral health care programs of the Indian tribe in a manner that integrates the program services into a single, coordinated, comprehensive program that uses an automated clinical information system.
Requires the above named officials to enter into an interdepartmental memorandum of agreement providing for the implementation of authorized plans.
Establishes the Indian Health Service as the lead agency with specified responsibilities, including the development of a single reporting format for plans and projects and development of a single system of Federal oversight for the plan.
Prohibits any reduction of Federal funds available to a participating tribe as a result of this Act.
Makes any State with an alcohol and substance abuse or mental health program targeted to Indian tribes eligible to receive, at no cost, such Federal personnel assignments as the Secretary may deem appropriate to help ensure the success of such program.
action_date: 2003-06-18
text: 
Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2003 - 
Title I: Integration And Consolidation Of Alcohol And Substance Abuse Programs And Services
 - (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize a tribe with an approved plan to carry out a demonstration project to coordinate its federally funded alcohol and substance abuse and mental health programs.
 
(Sec. 105) Requires a project to integrate program services into a single, comprehensive program using an automated clinical information system. Permits funds to be used for the information system.
 
(Sec. 109) Requires the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretaries of Labor, the Interior, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation, and the Attorney General who shall enter into an interdepartmental memorandum of agreement for the implementation of approved plans.
 
Makes the Indian Health Service the coordinating agency (rather than the Bureau of Indian Affairs).
 
(Sec. 110) Prohibits the reduction of Federal funds available to an Indian tribe involved in any project under this title as a result of the enactment of this title.
 
(Sec. 111) Provides for interagency fund transfers.
 
(Sec. 112) Permits commingling of all administrative costs and entitles Indian tribes that carry out a demonstration program to reimbursement of all such costs under the approved plan. Exempts Indian tribe excess administrative funds from Federal audit.
 
(Sec. 114) Requires the Secretary of HHS to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the program and any statutory barriers to services integration.
 
(Sec. 115) Makes any State with an alcohol and substance abuse or mental health program targeted to Indian tribes eligible to receive no-cost Federal personnel assignments if it would help the program's success.
 

Title II: Reauthorization of Certain Indian Alcohol And Substance Abuse Prevention And Treatment Programs
 - (Sec. 201) Amends the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 to reauthorize appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 to provide for: (1) technical assistance in the development of a Tribal Action Plan; (2) grants for in-school training programs; (3) publication of an alcohol and substance abuse newsletter; (4) development and implementation of pilot programs to determine the effectiveness of summer youth programs; (5) emergency shelters and halfway houses for emergency care of Indian youth; (6) investigation and control of illegal narcotics traffic on the Tohono O'odham Reservation along the border with Mexico, the St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York on the St. Regis Reservation along the border with Canada, and the Makah Indian Tribe Reservation of Washington; (7) Bureau of Indian Affairs tribal law enforcement and judicial personnel training in the investigation and prosecution of offenses relating to illegal narcotics and in alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment; and (8) juvenile detention centers.

action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 18, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2003 - 
Title I: Integration And Consolidation Of Alcohol And Substance Abuse Programs And Services
 - (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize a tribe with an approved plan to carry out a demonstration project to coordinate its federally funded alcohol and substance abuse and mental health programs.
 
(Sec. 105) Requires a project to integrate program services into a single, comprehensive program using an automated clinical information system. Permits funds to be used for the information system.
 
(Sec. 109) Requires the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretaries of Labor, the Interior, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation, and the Attorney General who shall enter into an interdepartmental memorandum of agreement for the implementation of approved plans.
 
Makes the Indian Health Service the coordinating agency (rather than the Bureau of Indian Affairs).
 
(Sec. 110) Prohibits the reduction of Federal funds available to an Indian tribe involved in any project under this title as a result of the enactment of this title.
 
(Sec. 111) Provides for interagency fund transfers.
 
(Sec. 112) Permits commingling of all administrative costs and entitles Indian tribes that carry out a demonstration program to reimbursement of all such costs under the approved plan. Exempts Indian tribe excess administrative funds from Federal audit.
 
(Sec. 114) Requires the Secretary of HHS to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the program and any statutory barriers to services integration.
 
(Sec. 115) Makes any State with an alcohol and substance abuse or mental health program targeted to Indian tribes eligible to receive no-cost Federal personnel assignments if it would help the program's success.
 

Title II: Reauthorization of Certain Indian Alcohol And Substance Abuse Prevention And Treatment Programs
 - (Sec. 201) Amends the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 to reauthorize appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 to provide for: (1) technical assistance in the development of a Tribal Action Plan; (2) grants for in-school training programs; (3) publication of an alcohol and substance abuse newsletter; (4) development and implementation of pilot programs to determine the effectiveness of summer youth programs; (5) emergency shelters and halfway houses for emergency care of Indian youth; (6) investigation and control of illegal narcotics traffic on the Tohono O'odham Reservation along the border with Mexico, the St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York on the St. Regis Reservation along the border with Canada, and the Makah Indian Tribe Reservation of Washington; (7) Bureau of Indian Affairs tribal law enforcement and judicial personnel training in the investigation and prosecution of offenses relating to illegal narcotics and in alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment; and (8) juvenile detention centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-27
text: Executive Comment Requested from HHS.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration:  CR S9819-9823; text as reported in Senate:  CR S9819-9823; text as passed Senate:  CR S9821-9823)
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration:  CR S9819-9823; text as reported in Senate:  CR S9819-9823; text as passed Senate:  CR S9821-9823)
action_date: 2003-06-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 143.
action_date: 2003-06-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-75.
action_date: 2003-06-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-75.
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-66.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1886-1888)
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1886)
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate