3.0.0 3176 2017-12-15T00:29:29Z 2017-12-15T00:29:29Z Senate S S 2008-06-23 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-23T19:43:12Z 2008-06-23 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-06-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N Emergency Management Counseling Disaster relief Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Health Health planning Health surveys Mental health services Social Welfare Emergency Management 00 2008-06-23 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-23T21:51:04Z Disaster Recovery Substance Abuse Mental Health Treatment Act of 2008 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide mental health and substance abuse services to individuals affected by a major disaster to relieve or prevent mental health or substance abuse problems caused or aggravated by that disaster or its aftermath.

Allows such assistance to include financial assistance to government agencies, mental health or substance abuse organizations, or mental health providers to provide, or train individuals to provide, mental health or substance abuse services.

Restricts assistance to an 18-month period, which in limited circumstances may be extended if the President determines it to be in the public interest. Makes this applicable to any major disaster declared by the President on or after August 29, 2005.

Requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the head of any other federal agency that provides mental health or substance abuse services, in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and state and local officials with responsibilities for such services, to: (1) conduct a survey of such services; and (2) develop a strategy for the adequate provision of such services to individuals affected by major disasters and to emergency response providers responding to major disasters.

]]> Disaster Recovery Substance Abuse Mental Health Treatment Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Disaster Recovery Substance Abuse Mental Health Treatment Act of 2008 Display Title Disaster Recovery Substance Abuse Mental Health Treatment Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide mental health and substance abuse services. Introduced in Senate 2008-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3176is/xml/BILLS-110s3176is.xml 2008-06-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.