3.0.0 538 2020-02-10T17:00:19Z 2020-02-10T17:00:19Z Senate S S 2005-03-07 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-03-07T21:45:58Z Health Professionals Substance Abuse Education Act 109 1789 HR 2005-05-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2005-03-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2162-2164) IntroReferral 2005-03-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2162) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N Health Alcoholism Community health services Counseling Curricula Dentists Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug abuse treatment Drug addiction Drugs and youth Economics and Public Finance Education Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Federal aid to education Higher education Marriage counseling Medical education Medical research Medication abuse Nongovernmental organizations Paramedical personnel Parents Pharmacists Physicians' assistants Psychologists Research centers Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Social work Teacher education Technology transfer Health 00 2005-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-23T14:39:19Z Health Professionals Substance Abuse Education Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide support and continue grants to specified organizations to train health professionals to: (1) recognize substance abuse in their patients or patients' family members; (2) intervene, treat, or refer for treatment those individuals who are affected by substance abuse; (3) identify and assist children of substance abusing parents; (4) serve as advocates and resources for community-based substance abuse prevention programs; and (5) address the non-therapeutic use of prescription medications.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage community colleges and other academic institutes to offer academic credit for classes offered by the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers; (2) conduct a process and outcome evaluation of the programs and activities carried out under this Act; and (3) establish and administer a substance abuse faculty fellowship program.

Requires the Secretary to establish centers of excellence at U.S. medical centers or universities to: (1) initiate, promote, and implement training, research, and clinical activities related to targeted issues or special areas of focus; and (2) provide opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration in curriculum development, course development, clinical practice, research and translation of research into practice, and policy analysis and formulation.

]]> Health Professionals Substance Abuse Education Act Short Titles as Introduced Health Professionals Substance Abuse Education Act Display Title Health Professionals Substance Abuse Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to educate health professionals concerning substance use disorders and addiction. Introduced in Senate 2005-03-07T05:00:00Z 2005-03-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2162-2164) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.