[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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