[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 793 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 793

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to require that the Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment carry out treatment programs for adolescents.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 1997

   Mr. Dodd introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to require that the Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment carry out treatment programs for adolescents.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Substance Abuse Treatment for 
Adolescents Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

    Section 507 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Provision of Services.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary, acting through the Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment, shall ensure that not less than 20 percent of the amounts 
appropriated under this subpart for the programs and activities of the 
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for each fiscal year, but in no 
case less than $20,000,000, is used to carry out adolescent specific 
substance abuse treatment programs. Such programs shall include the 
provision of services to such adolescents as well as the conduct of 
evaluations and research concerning the effects of such services.''.
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