[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3259 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3259

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and expand 
 technical assistance and support for recovery community organizations 
           and peer support networks, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 8, 2023

  Ms. Collins (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Lujan, and Mr. Cornyn) 
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 amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and expand 
 technical assistance and support for recovery community organizations 
           and peer support networks, 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 ``Peer Support Services Center of 
Excellence Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEER-RUN TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER OF 
              EXCELLENCE FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY SUPPORT.

    Section 547A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-2a) 
is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``of excellence'' 
        after ``center'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(referred to in this section as 
                the `Secretary')'' after ``Assistant Secretary''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``of Excellence'' after 
                ``Assistance Center'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ``, including 
                recovery housing'' after ``services'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) professional development of the peer support 
        specialist workforce;
            ``(4) integration of peer support specialists and recovery 
        support services into nonclinical settings;
            ``(5) bridging the gap between evidence-based practices and 
        practice-based evidence;'';
            (4) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
        (e) and (f), respectively;
            (5) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Pilot Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a pilot 
        program under which the Secretary shall establish a regional 
        center of excellence, to be known as the National Peer-Run 
        Training and Technical Assistance Regional Center of Excellence 
        for Addiction Recovery Support (referred to in this subsection 
        as the `Regional Center of Excellence'), for a distinct 
        geographic region of the United States, as determined by the 
        Secretary.
            ``(2) Duties.--The Regional Center of Excellence shall 
        provide the technical assistance and support described in 
        subsection (b) in a manner that is tailored to the needs of the 
        region in which the Regional Center of Excellence is located.
            ``(3) Termination; recommendations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The pilot program under this 
                subsection shall terminate on September 30, 2028.
                    ``(B) Recommendations.--On termination of the pilot 
                program under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
                submit to Congress a report that makes recommendations 
                on whether--
                            ``(i) to make permanent the Regional Center 
                        of Excellence; and
                            ``(ii) to establish additional regional 
                        centers of excellence in other distinct 
                        geographic regions of the United States.''; and
            (6) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and 
        inserting ``$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 
        2028''.
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