[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2983 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2983

      To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
  participation of the public in governmental decisions regarding the 
 location of group homes established pursuant to the program of block 
      grants for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 1999

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
  participation of the public in governmental decisions regarding the 
 location of group homes established pursuant to the program of block 
      grants for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.

    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 Group Homes 
Amendments of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION OF PUBLIC IN GOVERNMENTAL DECISIONS REGARDING 
              LOCATION OF CERTAIN GROUP HOMES.

    Section 1925 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-25) 
is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
    ``(d) Location of Homes; Monitoring.--
            ``(1) In general.--A funding agreement for a grant under 
        section 1921 is that the State involved, in providing for the 
        establishment and operation of housing pursuant to the 
        revolving fund under subsection (a), will ensure that the State 
        or local officials involved comply with the following:
                    ``(A) In developing and administering governmental 
                policies for the location of such housing (referred to 
                in this subsection as `designated group homes'), the 
                officials provide the public with opportunities to 
                consult with the officials on proposed and existing 
                policies.
                    ``(B) Before making a decision to permit the 
                establishment of a designated group home in a 
                community:
                            ``(i) The officials notify members of the 
                        community that the community is under 
                        consideration as a proposed site for such a 
                        home.
                            ``(ii) The officials provide to the members 
                        an opportunity to consult with the officials on 
                        the proposal.
                    ``(C) After the establishment of a designated group 
                home in a community:
                            ``(i) The officials monitor the group home 
                        in order to determine whether the residents of 
                        the home are in compliance with the conditions 
                        upon which the permission to establish the home 
                        was granted.
                            ``(ii) The officials provide to the members 
                        of the community, including the residents of 
                        the group home, opportunities to consult with 
                        the officials on the effects of the group home 
                        on the community.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
                    ``(A) The term `community', with respect to a 
                designated group home, means all areas that are 10 
                miles or less from such home.
                    ``(B) The term `member', with respect to a 
                community, means an individual who resides in the 
                community or is an owner of a business in the 
                community, and an individual any of whose children 
                attends an elementary or secondary school in the 
                community.''.
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