[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1453 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1453

   To allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate 
  certain substance use disorder treatment facilities as eligible for 
                 National Health Service Corps service.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 28, 2017

 Mr. Donnelly (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate 
  certain substance use disorder treatment facilities as eligible for 
                 National Health Service Corps service.

    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 ``Strengthening the Addiction 
Treatment Workforce Act''.

SEC. 2. SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT FACILITIES.

    Section 332(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254e(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(E) a substance use disorder treatment facility that--
                    ``(i) provides treatment for substance use 
                disorders through, at a minimum, outpatient counseling, 
                medication-assisted treatment using drugs approved by 
                the Food and Drug Administration, other evidence-based 
                ambulatory services, or residential treatment services;
                    ``(ii) provides other evidence-based opioid 
                addiction treatment and recovery services;
                    ``(iii) is primarily engaged in serving individuals 
                living with, or in recovery from, substance use 
                disorders; and
                    ``(iv) has any license, certification, or 
                accreditation required by the State.''.
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