[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5623 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5623

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide substance use and 
         alcohol use disorder services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2023

Ms. Balint (for herself and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide substance use and 
         alcohol use disorder services, 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 ``Addressing Addiction After Disasters 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CRISIS COUNSELING ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.

    Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``professional counseling services, 
                including'' and inserting ``mental health, substance 
                use disorder, and alcohol use disorder services, 
                including professional counseling services and'';
                    (B) by inserting ``, substance use disorder, or 
                alcohol use disorder'' after ``private mental health''; 
                and
                    (C) by inserting ``, substance use disorder, and 
                alcohol use disorder'' after ``relieve mental health''; 
                and
            (2) in subsection (b) by inserting ``, substance use 
        disorder, or alcohol use disorder'' before ``organization 
        providing''.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, including 
the Director for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency and State alcohol and drug agencies, shall review, adjust, and 
report to Congress any changes made to the application for assistance 
under section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183) and to any other relevant 
guidance documents to reflect the amendments made by this Act.
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