[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7246 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7246

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Assistant 
    Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award grants, 
 contracts, and cooperative agreements for planning, establishing, or 
 administering programs to prevent and address the misuse of opioids, 
  related drugs, and other drugs commonly used in pain management or 
 injury recovery, as well as the co-use of one or more such drugs with 
   other substances, by students and student athletes, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2022

  Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Gonzalez of 
Ohio, and Mr. Bacon) 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 authorize the Assistant 
    Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award grants, 
 contracts, and cooperative agreements for planning, establishing, or 
 administering programs to prevent and address the misuse of opioids, 
  related drugs, and other drugs commonly used in pain management or 
 injury recovery, as well as the co-use of one or more such drugs with 
   other substances, by students and student athletes, 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 ``Student and Student Athlete Opioid 
Misuse Prevention Act'' or the ``Student Athlete Opioid Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR OPIOID MISUSE PREVENTION.

    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:

``SEC. 506B. GRANTS FOR STUDENT AND STUDENT ATHLETE OPIOID MISUSE 
              PREVENTION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, may award grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements to eligible entities for planning, establishing, 
or administering programs to prevent and address the misuse of opioids, 
related drugs, and other drugs commonly used in pain management or 
injury recovery, as well as the co-use of one or more such drugs with 
other substances, by students and student athletes.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an entity shall be--
            ``(1) a State or other public entity;
            ``(2) a nonprofit organization; or
            ``(3) a drug-free community coalition.
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--Amounts received through an award under this 
section may be used for any of the following:
            ``(1) Carrying out one or more school-based programs 
        concerning the dangers of the misuse of, and addiction to, 
        opioids, related drugs, and other drugs commonly used in pain 
        management or injury recovery, as well as the co-use of one or 
        more such drugs with other substances, which programs may 
        include--
                    ``(A) initiatives that give students the 
                responsibility to create their own anti-drug abuse 
                education programs;
                    ``(B) school-based programs that are focused on 
                school districts with high or increasing rates of 
                misuse of, and addiction to, opioids, and targeted at 
                populations that are most at risk to start misusing 
                such drugs, including schools that do not have a 
                certified athletic trainer on staff; and
                    ``(C) school-based prevention programs that are 
                focused on student athletes and the risk of misuse of, 
                and addiction to, opioids, as well as the co-use of 
                opioids with other substances, as part of injury 
                recovery and pain management.
            ``(2) Carrying out community-based misuse and addiction 
        prevention programs relating to opioids, related drugs, and 
        other drugs commonly used in pain management or injury 
        recovery, as well as the co-use of one or more such drugs with 
        other substances, which programs may include--
                    ``(A) such programs through youth sports 
                organizations;
                    ``(B) community-based prevention programs that are 
                focused on populations within the community that are 
                most at risk for misuse of and addiction to opioids; 
                and
                    ``(C) community-based programs that are focused on 
                youth athletes and the risk of misuse of and addiction 
                to opioids, as well as the co-use of opioids with other 
                substances, as part of injury recovery and pain 
                management.
            ``(3) Engaging youth, high school, or collegiate athletic 
        and recreation programs and associations concerning the dangers 
        of the misuse of and addiction to opioids, related drugs, and 
        other drugs commonly used in pain management or injury 
        recovery, as well as the co-use of one or more such drugs with 
        other substances, which may include--
                    ``(A) initiatives that give student athletes the 
                responsibility to create their own anti-drug abuse 
                education programs for their schools; and
                    ``(B) collegiate-based programs that are focused on 
                collegiate athletes, including club sports and 
                recreation sports, and the risk for misuse of and 
                addiction to opioids, as well as the co-use of opioids 
                with other substances, as part of injury recovery and 
                pain management.
            ``(4) Assisting local government entities to conduct 
        appropriate prevention activities relating to youth and the 
        risk for misuse of and addiction to opioids, as well as the co-
        use of opioids with other substances, as part of injury 
        recovery and pain management.
            ``(5) Training and educating State and local officials, 
        youth athletics organizers, school administrators and staff, 
        teachers, athletic directors, athletic trainers, coaches, 
        collegiate administrators, directors of campus recreation, and 
        campus-based medical providers, on the signs of misuse of 
        opioids and the options for treatment, including holistic and 
        comprehensive pain management solutions, and prevention of such 
        misuse.
    ``(d) Evaluation; Reporting.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary, in consultation 
        with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall--
                    ``(A) conduct or support periodic evaluations of 
                the programs funded under this section and other 
                effective programs to prevent and address misuse of and 
                addiction to opioids, related drugs, and other drugs 
                commonly used for pain management and injury recovery; 
                and
                    ``(B) develop strategies for disseminating 
                information about and implementing such programs.
            ``(2) Annual report.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
        annually submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the 
        Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appropriations 
        of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on the Judiciary, 
        and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a report on 
        the programs evaluated under paragraph (1)(A) and the 
        strategies developed under paragraph (1)(B).
    ``(e) Definition.--In this section the term, `drug-free community 
coalition' means a community-based coalition that is a current or 
former recipient of a grant under section 1032 of the Anti-Drug Abuse 
Act of 1988.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--To carry out this section, there are 
        authorized to be appropriated--
                    ``(A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
                    ``(B) such sums as may be necessary for each 
                succeeding fiscal year.
            ``(2) Allocation.--Of the amount authorized to be 
        appropriated by paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not more than 
        $500,000 shall (subject to the availability of appropriations) 
        be used to carry out subsection (d).''.
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