[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1991 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1991

  To reauthorize certain programs under the SUPPORT for Patients and 
                Communities Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2023

 Mr. McConnell 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 reauthorize certain programs under the SUPPORT for Patients and 
                Communities Act, 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 ``Comprehensive Addiction Recovery 
through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2023'' or the ``CAREER 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT, RECOVERY, AND WORKFORCE SUPPORT GRANTS.

    Section 7183 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (42 
U.S.C. 290ee-8) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``each'' before ``for a 
        period'';
            (2) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Rates.--The rates described in this paragraph are the 
        following:
                    ``(A) The amount by which the average rate of drug 
                overdose deaths in the State, adjusted for age, for the 
                period of 5 calendar years for which there is available 
                data, including if necessary provisional data, 
                immediately preceding the grant cycle (which shall be 
                the period of calendar years 2018 through 2022 for the 
                first grant cycle following the enactment of the 
                Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective 
                Employment and Reentry Act of 2023) is above the 
                average national overdose mortality rate, as determined 
                by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
                Prevention, for the same period.
                    ``(B) The amount by which the average rate of 
                unemployment for the State, based on data provided by 
                the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the period of 5 
                calendar years for which there is available data, 
                including if necessary provisional data, immediately 
                preceding the grant cycle (which shall be the period of 
                calendar years 2018 through 2022 for the first grant 
                cycle following the enactment of the Comprehensive 
                Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and 
                Reentry Act of 2023) is above the national average for 
                the same period.
                    ``(C) The amount by which the average rate of labor 
                force participation in the State, based on data 
                provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 
                period of 5 calendar years for which there is available 
                data, including if necessary provisional data, 
                immediately preceding the grant cycle (which shall be 
                the period of calendar years 2018 through 2022 for the 
                first grant cycle following the enactment of the 
                Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective 
                Employment and Reentry Act of 2023) is below the 
                national average for the same period.'';
            (3) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by redesignating 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), 
                respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and 
                adjusting the margins accordingly;
                    (C) by striking ``An entity'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) In general.--An entity''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Transportation services.--An entity receiving a grant 
        under this section may use the funds for providing 
        transportation for individuals to participate in an activity 
        supported by a grant under this section, which transportation 
        shall be to or from a place of work or a place where the 
        individual is receiving vocational education or job training 
        services or receiving services directly linked to treatment of 
        or recovery from a substance use disorder.'';
            (4) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``for each grant 
                cycle'' after ``grant period''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``the preliminary 
                                report'' and inserting ``each 
                                preliminary report''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``for the grant 
                                cycle'' after ``final report''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``(g)(3)'' and inserting ``(g)(1)(C)''; and
            (5) in subsection (k), by striking ``$5,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$36,000,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and 
Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 5301 note; Public Law 115-271) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
        ``recovery housing program'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``through 2023'' and 
        inserting ``through 2028'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``not later than 
                60 days after the date of enactment of this Act'' and 
                inserting ``not later than 60 days after the date of 
                enactment of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery 
                through Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 2023''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)--
                            (i) in subclause (I), by striking ``for 
                        calendar years 2013 through 2017'' and 
                        inserting ``for the period of 5 calendar years 
                        for which there is available data, including if 
                        necessary provisional data, immediately 
                        preceding the grant cycle (which shall be the 
                        period of calendar years 2018 through 2022 for 
                        the first grant cycle following the enactment 
                        of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through 
                        Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 
                        2023)'';
                            (ii) in subclause (II), by striking ``for 
                        calendar years 2013 through 2017'' and 
                        inserting ``for the period of 5 calendar years 
                        for which there is available data, including if 
                        necessary provisional data, immediately 
                        preceding the grant cycle (which shall be the 
                        period of calendar years 2018 through 2022 for 
                        the first grant cycle following the enactment 
                        of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through 
                        Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 
                        2023)''; and
                            (iii) in subclause (III), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``for the 
                        period of 5 calendar years for which there is 
                        available data, including if necessary 
                        provisional data, immediately preceding the 
                        grant cycle (which shall be the period of 
                        calendar years 2018 through 2022 for the first 
                        grant cycle following the enactment of the 
                        Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through 
                        Effective Employment and Reentry Act of 
                        2023).''; and
            (4) in subsection (f), by striking ``For the 2-year period 
        following the date of enactment of this Act, the'' and 
        inserting ``The''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-271; 132 
Stat. 3894) is amended by striking the item relating to section 8071 
and inserting the following:

``Sec. 8071. Recovery Housing Program.''.
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