[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4076 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4076

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for payments to 
  States for substance abuse services furnished to inmates in public 
                 institutions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2015

  Mr. Turner (for himself, Ms. Fudge, and Ms. Tsongas) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for payments to 
  States for substance abuse services furnished to inmates in public 
                 institutions, and for other purposes.

    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 ``The Reforming and Expanding Access 
to Treatment Act'' or the ``TREAT Act''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENTS TO STATES UNDER MEDICAID FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES 
              FURNISHED TO INMATES IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

    Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d)--
            (1) in subsection (a)(16)--
                    (A) by striking ``effective January 1, 1973,'' and 
                inserting ``(A) effective January 1, 1973,''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the semicolon at the end 
                the following: ``and (B) qualified inpatient substance 
                use disorder services (as defined in such subsection) 
                for inmates of a public institution (as such terms are 
                defined for purposes of applying the subdivision (A) 
                that follows paragraph (29)''; and
            (2) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(3) For purposes of subsection (a)(16)(B), the term `qualified 
inpatient substance use disorder services' means medication or 
behavioral treatment administered in furtherance of eliminating, 
mitigating, treating, or curing an individual's use or abuse of drugs 
or an individual's substance abuse disorder.''.

SEC. 3. NO SAMSHA POLICY AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR 
              INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall 
not establish, maintain, or implement any memorandum of understanding 
or other policy that prohibits or restricts the Administration's 
provision or support of substance abuse treatment or related services 
for incarcerated individuals, so long as such provision or support--
            (1) is statutorily authorized (by provisions of law other 
        than this section) for such type of treatment or services; and
            (2) not statutorily prohibited or restricted with respect 
        to incarcerated individuals.
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