TREAT Act

Bill: 115-hr-982
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2017-02-07
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Drug therapy

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Medicaid

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>The Reforming and Expanding Access to Treatment Act or the TREAT Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow federal payment for qualified substance use disorder services furnished to inmates in public institutions under state Medicaid programs. "Qualified substance use disorder services" include medication or behavioral treatment administered to eliminate, mitigate, treat, or cure an individual's substance abuse disorder or use or abuse of drugs.</p> <p>The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall not establish, maintain, or implement any policy that restricts its statutorily authorized provision or support of substance abuse treatment for incarcerated individuals.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 982 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2017 Mr. Turner (for himself, Ms. Tsongas , Ms. Fudge , Ms. Kaptur , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Conyers , and Mr. Ryan of Ohio ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for payments to States for substance abuse services furnished to inmates in public institutions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The Reforming and Expanding Access to Treatment Act or the TREAT Act . 2. Payments to States under Medicaid for substance abuse services furnished to inmates in public institutions Section 1905 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(16)— (A) by striking and, (B) for individuals and inserting , (B) for individuals ; and (B) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: , and (C) qualified inpatient substance use disorder services (as defined in such subsection) for inmates of a public institution (as such terms are defined for purposes of applying the subdivision (A) that follows paragraph (29)) ; and (2) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) For purposes of subsection (a)(16)(C), the term qualified inpatient substance use disorder services means medication or behavioral treatment administered in furtherance of eliminating, mitigating, treating, or curing an individual’s use or abuse of drugs or an individual’s substance abuse disorder. . 3. No SAMSHA policy against substance abuse treatment for incarcerated individuals The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall not establish, maintain, or implement any memorandum of understanding or other policy that prohibits or restricts the Administration’s provision or support of substance abuse treatment or related services for incarcerated individuals, so long as such provision or support— (1) is statutorily authorized (by provisions of law other than this section) for such type of treatment or services; and (2) not statutorily prohibited or restricted with respect to incarcerated individuals.