[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2335 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2335

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration 
   projects for the purpose of providing comprehensive services with 
    respect to the problems of children who have been removed from 
   environments in which methamphetamine is unlawfully manufactured, 
                       distributed, or dispensed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2005

Mr. Cooper (for himself, Mr. Wamp, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Ross, 
  Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Towns, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Case, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
Payne, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Kind, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. 
Reichert, and Mr. Moore of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration 
   projects for the purpose of providing comprehensive services with 
    respect to the problems of children who have been removed from 
   environments in which methamphetamine is unlawfully manufactured, 
                       distributed, or dispensed.

    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 ``Meth-Endangered Children Protection 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN REGARDING EXPOSURE TO METHAMPHETAMINE.

    Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following section:

``SEC. 506C. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN REGARDING EXPOSURE TO 
              METHAMPHETAMINE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make grants to States for 
carrying out demonstration projects for the purpose of providing 
comprehensive services with respect to the problems of children who 
have been removed from environments in which methamphetamine is 
unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed.
    ``(b) Preference in Making Grants.--In making grants under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to States in which, 
relative to other States, there is a substantial incidence or 
prevalence of occurrences of the unlawful manufacturing, distribution, 
or dispensing of methamphetamine.
    ``(c) Certain Services.--Services that may be provided under a 
grant under subsection (a) include health services, mental health 
services, services regarding the transition from homes described in 
such subsection to appropriate residential environments, developmental 
evaluations and services, and other services determined to be 
appropriate by the Secretary to provide assistance regarding the 
problems of children described in such subsection.
    ``(d) Requirement of Matching Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--With respect to the costs of a 
        demonstration project to be carried out under subsection (a), 
        the Secretary may make a grant under such subsection only if 
        the State involved agrees to make available (directly or 
        through donations from public or private entities) non-Federal 
        contributions toward such costs in an amount that is not less 
        than 50 percent of such costs ($1 for each $1 provided in the 
        grant).
            ``(2) Determination of amount contributed.--Non-Federal 
        contributions required in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in 
        kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or 
        services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 
        services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by 
        the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the 
        amount of such non-Federal contributions.
    ``(e) Application for Grant.--A grant may be made under subsection 
(a) only if an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary 
and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, and 
contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(f) Evaluations.--The Secretary shall, directly or through 
contracts with public or private entities, provide for evaluations of 
demonstration projects under subsection (a) in order to determine the 
quality and effectiveness of the services provided to children by the 
projects. Such an evaluation may not be conducted with respect to a 
project before the expiration of the 24-month period beginning on the 
date on which a grant under such subsection is first made for the 
project.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.''.
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