Meth Free Families and Communities Act

Bill: 110-hr-6901
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2008-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Dental care
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug addiction
Drug testing
Drugs and employment
Drugs and youth
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Maternal health services
Medical education
Medical screening
Medical tests
Methamphetamine
Parent and child
Pregnant women
Public service advertising
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Student activities
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: 
Meth Free Families and Communities Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to collaborate with professionals in the addiction field and primary health care providers to raise awareness about how to: (1) recognize the signs of a substance abuse disorder; and (2) apply evidence-based practices for screening and treating individuals with, or at-risk for developing, an addiction.

Revises provisions governing a grant program for substance abuse residential treatment for pregnant and parenting women (currently, for postpartum women), to: (1) include treatment for addiction to methamphetamine, outpatient treatment services, and referrals for dental services; and (2) require programs to be accessible to pregnant and parenting women in low-income households and in health disparity populations.

Requires the Director to give grant priority to a program serving an area that: (1) is a rural area, an area with a shortage of mental health professionals, or an area with a shortage of family-based substance abuse treatment options; and (2) has high rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.

Requires the Director of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention to develop a clearinghouse that provides information and educational materials to employers and employers about drug testing policies and programs.

Authorizes amounts made available for methamphetamine or inhalant prevention programs in schools and communities to be used to develop a student-driven methamphetamine awareness project.

action_date: 2008-09-25
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Meth Free Families and Communities Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to collaborate with professionals in the addiction field and primary health care providers to raise awareness about how to: (1) recognize the signs of a substance abuse disorder; and (2) apply evidence-based practices for screening and treating individuals with, or at-risk for developing, an addiction.

(Sec. 3) Revises provisions governing a grant program for substance abuse residential treatment for pregnant and parenting women (currently, for postpartum women) to: (1) include treatment for addiction to methamphetamine, outpatient treatment services, and referrals for dental services; and (2) require programs to be accessible to pregnant and parenting women in low-income households and in health disparity populations.

Requires the Director to give grant priority to a program serving an area that: (1) is a rural area, an area with a shortage of mental health professionals, or an area with a shortage of family-based substance abuse treatment options; and (2) has high rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.

Requires the Director to: (1) include in biennial reports to Congress data on the number of pregnant and parenting women in need of, but not receiving, treatment for substance abuse and on recovery and relapse rates of women receiving such treatment; and (2) expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.

Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for the substance abuse program.

(Sec. 4) Requires the Director of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention to develop a clearinghouse that provides information and educational materials to employers and employees about drug testing policies and programs.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes amounts made available for methamphetamine or inhalant prevention programs in schools and communities to be used to develop a student-driven methamphetamine awareness project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/23/2008 H8678-8679)
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 9/23/2008 H8678-8679)
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9913)
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Burgess objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6901.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8678-8681)
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Introduced in House