Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program to reduce underage drinking for FY2012-FY2016. Makes revisions to such program, including by: (1) revising reporting requirements on state programs on underage drinking; (2) expanding the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking; (3) requiring the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the screening of children and adolescents for alcohol use, to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21, including college students; and (4) expanding state public health surveillance of alcohol use and alcohol-related conditions among individuals between the ages of 18 and 20.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1562 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1562
To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention
of underage drinking.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 14, 2011
Ms. Roybal-Allard (for herself, Mr. Wolf, and Ms. DeLauro) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention
of underage drinking.
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 ``Sober Truth on Preventing Underage
Drinking Reauthorization Act'' or the ``STOP Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.
Section 519B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-25b)
is amended by striking subsections (a) through (f) and inserting the
following:
``(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
``(1) The term `alcohol beverage industry' means the
brewers, vintners, distillers, importers, distributors, and
retail or online outlets that sell or serve beer, wine, and
distilled spirits.
``(2) The term `school-based prevention' means programs,
which are institutionalized, and run by staff members or
school-designated persons or organizations in any grade of
school, kindergarten through 12th grade.
``(3) The term `youth' means persons under the age of 21.
``(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that:
``(1) A multi-faceted effort is needed to more successfully
address the problem of underage drinking in the United States.
A coordinated approach to prevention, intervention, treatment,
enforcement, and research is key to making progress. This
section recognizes the need for a focused national effort, and
addresses particulars of the Federal portion of that effort, as
well as Federal support for State activities.
``(2) The Secretary shall continue to conduct research and
collect data on the short and long-range impact of alcohol use
and abuse upon adolescent brain development and other organ
systems.
``(3) States and communities, including colleges and
universities, are encouraged to adopt comprehensive prevention
approaches, including--
``(A) evidence-based screening, programs, and
curricula;
``(B) brief intervention strategies;
``(C) consistent policy enforcement; and
``(D) science-based strategies to reduce underage
drinking.
``(4) Public health groups, consumer groups, and the
alcohol beverage industry should continue and expand evidence-
based efforts to prevent and reduce underage drinking.
``(5) The entertainment industries have a powerful impact
on youth, and they should use rating systems and marketing
codes to reduce the likelihood that underage audiences will be
exposed to movies, recordings, or television programs with
unsuitable alcohol content.
``(6) The National Collegiate Athletic Association, its
member colleges and universities, and athletic conferences
should affirm a commitment to a policy of discouraging alcohol
use among underage students and other young fans.
``(7) Alcohol is a unique product and should be regulated
differently than other products by the States and Federal
Government. States have primary authority to regulate alcohol
distribution and sale, and the Federal Government should
support and supplement these State efforts. States also have a
responsibility to fight youth access to alcohol and reduce
underage drinking. Continued State regulation and licensing of
the manufacture, importation, sale, distribution,
transportation and storage of alcoholic beverages are clearly
in the public interest and are critical to promoting
responsible consumption, preventing illegal access to alcohol
by persons under 21 years of age from commercial and non-
commercial sources, maintaining industry integrity and an
orderly marketplace, and furthering effective State tax
collection.
``(8) The age-21 minimum drinking law, enacted in 1984, has
been a remarkably effective public health and safety policy, as
evidenced by the fact that the percentage of 12th graders who
have drunk alcohol in the past month has fallen by one-third
since the enactment of such law.
``(9) The age-21 minimum drinking law has also has been
significantly effective in reducing drinking and driving
traffic fatalities, as the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) estimates that the law has saved over
17,000 lives since its inception.
``(10) Community awareness, support, and mobilization
provide an important context for the effective enforcement of
the age-21 minimum drinking law.
``(c) Interagency Coordinating Committee; Annual Report on State
Underage Drinking Prevention and Enforcement Activities.--
``(1) Interagency coordinating committee on the prevention
of underage drinking.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary, in collaboration
with the Federal officials specified in subparagraph
(B), shall continue to support and enhance the efforts
of the interagency coordinating committee, that began
operating in 2004, focusing on underage drinking
(referred to in this subsection as the `Committee').
``(B) Other agencies.--The officials referred to in
subparagraph (A) are the Secretary of Education, the
Attorney General, the Secretary of Transportation, the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense,
the Surgeon General, the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of the
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the
Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, the Director of the National
Institute on Drug Abuse, the Assistant Secretary for
Children and Families, the Director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy, the Administrator of the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the
Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, the Chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission, and such other Federal officials as
the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines
to be appropriate.
``(C) Chair.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall serve as the chair of the Committee.
``(D) Duties.--The Committee shall guide policy and
program development across the Federal Government with
respect to underage drinking, provided, however, that
nothing in this section shall be construed as
transferring regulatory or program authority from an
Agency to the Coordinating Committee.
``(E) Consultations.--The Committee shall actively
seek the input of and shall consult with all
appropriate and interested parties, including States,
public health research and interest groups,
foundations, and alcohol beverage industry trade
associations and companies.
``(F) Annual report.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary, on behalf
of the Committee, shall annually submit to the
Congress a report that summarizes--
``(I) all programs and policies of
Federal agencies designed to prevent
and reduce underage drinking, focusing
particularly on programs and policies
that support the adoption and
enforcement of State policies designed
to prevent and reduce underage drinking
as specified in paragraph (2);
``(II) the extent of progress in
preventing and reducing underage
drinking at State and national levels;
``(III) data that the Secretary
shall collect with respect to the
information specified in clause (ii);
and
``(IV) such other information
regarding underage drinking as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
``(ii) Certain information.--The report
under clause (i) shall include information on
the following:
``(I) Patterns and consequences of
underage drinking as reported in
research and surveys such as, but not
limited to, Monitoring the Future,
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
System, the National Survey on Drug Use
and Health, and the Fatality Analysis
Reporting System.
``(II) Measures of the availability
of alcohol from commercial and non-
commercial sources to underage
populations.
``(III) Measures of the exposure of
underage populations to messages
regarding alcohol in advertising and
the entertainment media.
``(IV) Surveillance data, including
information on the onset and prevalence
of underage drinking, consumption
patterns, beverage preferences,
prevalence of drinking among students
at institutions of higher education,
correlations between adult and youth
drinking, and the means of underage
access, including trends over time for
these surveillance data. The Secretary
shall develop a plan to improve the
collection, measurement, and
consistency of reporting Federal
underage alcohol data.
``(V) Any additional findings
resulting from research conducted or
supported under subsection (f).
``(VI) Evidence-based best
practices to prevent and reduce
underage drinking including a review of
the research literature related to
State laws, regulations, and policies
designed to prevent and reduce underage
drinking, as described in paragraph
(2)(B)(i).
``(2) Annual report on state underage drinking prevention
and enforcement activities.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall, with input
and collaboration from other appropriate Federal
agencies, States, Indian tribes, territories, and
public health, consumer, and alcohol beverage industry
groups, annually issue a report on each State's
performance in enacting, enforcing, and creating laws,
regulations, and policies to prevent or reduce underage
drinking based on an assessment of best practices
developed pursuant to paragraph (1)(F)(ii)(VI) and
subparagraph (B)(i). For purposes of this paragraph
each such report, with respect to a year, shall be
referred to as the `State Report'. Each State Report
shall be designed as a resource tool for Federal
agencies assisting States in the States' underage
drinking prevention efforts, State public health and
law enforcement agencies, State and local policy
makers, and underage drinking prevention coalitions
including those receiving grants pursuant to subsection
(e)(1).
``(B) State report performance measures and
content.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall
develop, in consultation with the Committee, a
set of measures to be used in preparing the
report on best practices as they relate to
State laws, regulations, policies, and
enforcement practices.
``(ii) State report content.--Each State
Report shall include updates on State laws,
regulations, and policies, including, but not
limited to the following:
``(I) Whether or not the State has
comprehensive anti-underage drinking
laws such as for the illegal sale,
purchase, attempt to purchase,
consumption, or possession of alcohol;
illegal use of fraudulent ID; illegal
furnishing or obtaining of alcohol for
an individual under 21 years; the
degree of strictness of the penalties
for such offenses; and the prevalence
of the enforcement of each of these
infractions.
``(II) Whether or not the State has
comprehensive liability statutes
pertaining to underage access to
alcohol such as dram shop, social host,
and house party laws, and the
prevalence of enforcement of each of
these laws.
``(III) Whether or not the State
encourages and conducts comprehensive
enforcement efforts to prevent underage
access to alcohol at retail outlets,
such as random compliance checks and
shoulder tap programs, and the number
of compliance checks within alcohol
retail outlets measured against the
number of total alcohol retail outlets
in each State, and the result of such
checks.
``(IV) Whether or not the State
encourages training on the proper
selling and serving of alcohol for all
sellers and servers of alcohol as a
condition of employment.
``(V) Whether or not the State has
policies and regulations with regard to
direct sales to consumers and home
delivery of alcoholic beverages.
``(VI) Whether or not the State has
programs or laws to deter adults from
purchasing alcohol for minors; and the
number of adults targeted by these
programs.
``(VII) Whether or not the State
has enacted graduated drivers licenses
and the extent of those provisions.
``(iii) Additional categories.--In addition
to the updates of State laws, regulations, and
policies listed in clause (ii), the Secretary
shall consider the following categories,
including but not limited to--
``(I) whether or not States have
adopted laws, regulations, and policies
that deter underage alcohol use, as
described in the Surgeon General's 2007
Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce
Underage Drinking, including
restrictions on low-price, high-volume
drink specials, and wholesaler pricing
provisions;
``(II) whether or not States have
adopted laws, regulations and policies
designed to reduce alcohol advertising
messages attractive to youth and youth
exposure to alcohol advertising and
marketing in measured and unmeasured
media;
``(III) whether or not States have
laws and policies that promote underage
drinking prevention policy development
by local jurisdictions;
``(IV) whether or not States have
adopted laws, regulations, and policies
to restrict youth access to alcoholic
beverages that may pose special risks
to youth, including but not limited to
alcoholic mists, gelatins, freezer
pops, pre-mixed caffeinated alcoholic
beverages, and flavored malt beverages;
``(V) whether or not States have
adopted uniform best practices
protocols for conducting compliance
checks and shoulder tap programs; and
``(VI) whether or not States have
adopted uniform best practices penalty
protocols for violations of laws
prohibiting retail licensees from
selling or furnishing of alcohol to
minors.
``(iv) Uniform data system.--For
performance measures related to enforcement of
underage drinking laws as specified in clause
(ii) and (iii), the Secretary shall develop and
test a uniform data system for reporting State
enforcement data, including the development of
a pilot program for this purpose. The pilot
program shall include procedures for collecting
enforcement data from both State and local law
enforcement jurisdictions.
``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $1,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2013 through 2016.
``(d) National Media Campaign To Prevent Underage Drinking.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall develop
an intensive, multifaceted, adult-oriented national media
campaign to reduce underage drinking by influencing attitudes
regarding underage drinking, increasing the willingness of
adults to take actions to reduce underage drinking, and
encouraging public policy changes known to decrease underage
drinking rates.
``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the national media campaign
described in this section shall be to achieve the following
objectives:
``(A) Instill a broad societal commitment to reduce
underage drinking.
``(B) Increase specific actions by adults that are
meant to discourage or inhibit underage drinking.
``(C) Decrease adult conduct that tends to
facilitate or condone underage drinking.
``(3) Developmental phase.--In preparation for the national
media campaign described in this section, the Secretary shall
conduct, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and
outside experts, including in marketing, public relations, mass
media campaigns, parenting, and alcohol use and abuse, a
developmental phase to test specific campaign features prior to
beginning an intensive national strategy. This phase shall
include research and testing, limited to a period not to exceed
24 months, to determine the following:
``(A) Promising messages to promote public opinion
change.
``(B) Appropriate channels for reaching target
audiences.
``(C) Appropriate timing and weight for utilizing
such promising messages and media channels.
``(D) Methods for linking the campaign to local,
State, and national policy changes affecting underage
drinking, if adopted.
``(E) Productive collaborative partnerships with
national and local organizations.
``(4) Components.--When implementing the national media
campaign described in this section, the Secretary shall--
``(A) educate the public about the public health
and safety benefits of evidence-based policies to
reduce underage drinking, including minimum legal
drinking age laws, and build public and parental
support for and cooperation with enforcement of such
policies;
``(B) educate the public about the negative
consequences of underage drinking;
``(C) promote specific actions by adults that are
meant to discourage or inhibit underage drinking,
including positive behavior modeling, general parental
monitoring, and consistent and appropriate discipline;
``(D) discourage adult conduct that tends to
facilitate underage drinking, including the hosting of
underage parties with alcohol and the purchasing of
alcoholic beverages on behalf of underage youth;
``(E) establish collaborative relationships with
local and national organizations and institutions to
further the goals of the campaign and assure that the
messages of the campaign are disseminated from a
variety of sources;
``(F) conduct the campaign through multi-media
sources; and
``(G) conduct the campaign with regard to changing
demographics and cultural and linguistic factors.
``(5) Consultation requirement.--In developing and
implementing the national media campaign described in this
section, the Secretary shall consult recommendations for
reducing underage drinking published by the National Academy of
Sciences. The Secretary shall also consult with interested
parties including medical, public health, and consumer and
parent groups, law enforcement, institutions of higher
education, community organizations and coalitions, and other
stakeholders supportive of the goals of the campaign.
``(6) Annual report.--Beginning 12 months after the date of
the enactment of the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage
Drinking Reauthorization Act, the Secretary shall produce an
annual report on the progress of the development or
implementation of the media campaign described in this section,
including expenses and projected costs, and, as such
information is available, report on the effectiveness of such
campaign in affecting adult attitudes toward underage drinking
and adult willingness to take actions to decrease underage
drinking.
``(7) Research on youth-oriented campaign.--The Secretary
may, based on the availability of funds, conduct research on
the potential success of a youth-oriented national media
campaign to reduce underage drinking. The Secretary shall
report any such results to Congress with policy recommendations
on establishing such a campaign.
``(8) Administration.--The Secretary may enter into a
subcontract with another Federal Agency to delegate the
authority for execution and administration of the adult
oriented national media campaign.
``(9) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$1,000,000 for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and such sums as
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2016.
``(e) Community-Based Programs To Prevent Underage Drinking.--
``(1) Community-based coalition enhancement grants to
prevent underage drinking.--
``(A) Authorization of program.--The Administrator
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, in consultation with the Director of
the Office of National Drug Control Policy, shall
award, if the Administrator determines that the
Department of Health and Human Services is not
currently conducting activities that duplicate
activities of the type described in this subsection,
`enhancement grants' to eligible entities to design,
implement, evaluate, and disseminate comprehensive
strategies to maximize the effectiveness of community-
wide approaches to preventing and reducing underage
drinking. This subsection is subject to the
availability of appropriations.
``(B) Purposes.--The purposes of this paragraph are
to--
``(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use among
youth in communities throughout the United
States;
``(ii) strengthen collaboration among
communities, the Federal Government, and State,
local, and tribal governments;
``(iii) enhance intergovernmental
cooperation and coordination on the issue of
alcohol use among youth;
``(iv) serve as a catalyst for increased
citizen participation and greater collaboration
among all sectors and organizations of a
community that first demonstrates a long-term
commitment to reducing alcohol use among youth;
``(v) implement state-of-the-art science-
based strategies to prevent and reduce underage
drinking by changing local conditions in
communities; and
``(vi) enhance, not supplant, effective
local community initiatives for preventing and
reducing alcohol use among youth.
``(C) Application.--An eligible entity desiring an
enhancement grant under this paragraph shall submit an
application to the Administrator at such time, and in
such manner, and accompanied by such information as the
Administrator may require. Each application shall
include--
``(i) a complete description of the
entity's current underage alcohol use
prevention initiatives and how the grant will
appropriately enhance the focus on underage
drinking issues; or
``(ii) a complete description of the
entity's current initiatives, and how it will
use this grant to enhance those initiatives by
adding a focus on underage drinking prevention.
``(D) Uses of funds.--Each eligible entity that
receives a grant under this paragraph shall use the
grant funds to carry out the activities described in
such entity's application submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (C) and obtain specialized training and
technical assistance by the entity awarded a grant
under section 4 of Public Law 107-82, as amended (21
U.S.C. 1521 note), reauthorizing the Drug-Free
Communities Support Program. Grants under this
paragraph shall not exceed $50,000 per year and may not
exceed four years.
``(E) Supplement not supplant.--Grant funds
provided under this paragraph shall be used to
supplement, not supplant, Federal and non-Federal funds
available for carrying out the activities described in
this paragraph.
``(F) Evaluation.--Grants under this paragraph
shall be subject to the same evaluation requirements
and procedures as the evaluation requirements and
procedures imposed on recipients of drug free community
grants.
``(G) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph,
the term `eligible entity' means an organization that
is currently receiving or has received grant funds
under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 (21 U.S.C.
1521 et seq.).
``(H) Administrative expenses.--Not more than 6
percent of a grant under this paragraph may be expended
for administrative expenses.
``(I) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
paragraph $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and
$6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through
2016.
``(2) Grants for partnerships between community coalitions
and institutions of higher education.--
``(A) Authorization of program.--The Administrator
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, in coordination with the Director of
the Office of National Drug Control Policy, may make
grants to eligible entities to enable the entities to
prevent, and reduce the rate of, underage alcohol
consumption, including binge drinking among students at
institutions of higher education.
``(B) Purposes.--The purposes of this paragraph are
to--
``(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use among
underage students at institutions of higher
education and the surrounding community;
``(ii) strengthen collaboration among
communities and institutions of higher
education; and
``(iii) disseminate to institutions of
higher education timely information regarding
state-of-the-art science-based strategies to
prevent and reduce underage drinking by
changing local conditions at institutions of
higher education and in the surrounding
community.
``(C) Applications.--An eligible entity (as defined
in subparagraph (H)) that desires to receive a grant
under this paragraph shall submit an application to the
Administrator at such time, in such manner, and
accompanied by such information as the Administrator
may require.
``(D) Criteria.--As part of an application for a
grant under this paragraph, the Administrator shall
require an eligible entity to demonstrate--
``(i) the active participation of one or
more institutions of higher education in the
relevant eligible entity coalition;
``(ii) a description of how the eligible
entity will work with one or more institutions
of higher education to target underage
students;
``(iii) a description of how the eligible
entity intends to ensure that it has a
partnership with one or more institutions of
higher education and how it intends to
implement the purpose of this section and move
toward indicators described in subparagraph
(F);
``(iv) a list of the members of each local
coalition and institution of higher education
that will be involved in the work of the
eligible entity;
``(v) the implementation of state-of-the-
art science-based strategies to prevent and
reduce underage drinking by changing local
conditions at institutions of higher education
and in the surrounding community;
``(vi) the anticipated impact of funds
provided under this paragraph in preventing and
reducing the rates of underage alcohol use;
``(vii) outreach strategies, including ways
in which the eligible entity proposes to--
``(I) reach out to students and
community stakeholders;
``(II) promote the purpose of this
paragraph;
``(III) address the range of needs
of underage students and the
surrounding communities;
``(IV) address community policies
affecting underage students regarding
alcohol use; and
``(V) implement other science-based
strategies to reduce underage drinking;
and
``(viii) such additional information as
required by the Administrator.
``(E) Uses of funds.--Each eligible entity that
receives a grant under this paragraph shall use the
grant funds to carry out the activities described in
such entity's application pursuant to subparagraph (D).
Grants under this paragraph shall not exceed $100,000
per year and may not exceed four years.
``(F) Accountability.--On the date on which the
Administrator first publishes a notice in the Federal
Register soliciting applications for grants under this
paragraph, the Administrator shall include in the
notice achievement indicators for the program
authorized under this paragraph. The achievement
indicators shall be designed to--
``(i) measure the impact that the coalition
assisted under this paragraph is having on the
institution of higher education and the
surrounding communities, including changes in
the number of incidents of any kind in which
students have abused alcohol or consumed
alcohol while under the age of 21 (including
violations, physical assaults, sexual assaults,
reports of intimidation, disruptions of school
functions, disruptions of student studies,
mental health referrals, illnesses, alcohol-
related transports to emergency departments, or
deaths); and
``(ii) provide such other measures of
program impact as the Administrator determines
appropriate.
``(G) Supplement not supplant.--Grant funds
provided under this paragraph shall be used to
supplement, and not supplant, Federal and non-Federal
funds available for carrying out the activities
described in this paragraph.
``(H) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph:
``(i) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible
entity' means an organization that--
``(I) on or before the date of
submitting an application for a grant
under this subsection is currently
receiving or has received grant funds
under the Drug-Free Communities Act of
1997 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.);
``(II) can provide evidence of
preexisting involvement of one or more
institutions of higher education; and
``(III) has a documented strategy
to prevent and reduce underage drinking
by students at institutions of higher
education as part of its multi-sector,
community-based strategy.
``(ii) Institution of higher education.--
The term `institution of higher education' has
the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001(a)).
``(iii) Surrounding community.--The term
`surrounding community' means the community--
``(I) that surrounds an institution
of higher education;
``(II) where the students from the
institution of higher education take
part in the community; and
``(III) where students from the
institution of higher education live in
off-campus housing.
``(I) Administrative expenses.--Not more than 6
percent of a grant under this paragraph may be expended
for administrative expenses.
``(J) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
paragraph $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2012, and
$2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through
2016.
``(f) Reducing Underage Drinking Through Screening and Brief
Intervention.--
``(1) Grants to pediatric health care providers to reduce
underage drinking.--The Secretary, acting through the
Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, shall make one or more grants to professional
pediatric provider organizations to increase among the members
of such organizations effective practices to reduce the
prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of
21, including college students.
``(2) Purposes.--Grants under this subsection shall be made
to promote the practices of--
``(A) screening children and adolescents for
alcohol use;
``(B) offering brief interventions to children and
adolescents to discourage such use;
``(C) educating parents about the dangers of and
methods of discouraging such use;
``(D) diagnosing and treating alcohol abuse
disorders; and
``(E) referring patients, when necessary, to other
appropriate care.
``(3) Use of funds.--An organization receiving a grant
under this subsection may use such funding to promote the
practices specified in paragraph (B) among its members by--
``(A) providing training to health care providers;
``(B) disseminating best practices, including
culturally and linguistically appropriate best
practices, and developing, printing, and distributing
materials; and
``(C) offering other activities approved by the
Secretary.
``(4) Application.--An organization desiring a grant under
this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at
such time, and in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the Secretary may require. Each application
shall include--
``(A) a description of the organization and how its
members are qualified to provide the services specified
in paragraph (2);
``(B) a description of activities to be completed;
and
``(C) a timeline for the completion of such
activities.
``(5) Definitions.--For the purpose of this subsection:
``(A) The term `pediatric health care provider'
means a provider of primary health care to individuals
under the age of 21.
``(B) The term `professional pediatric provider
organization' means a national organization whose
members consist primarily of pediatric health care
providers.
``(C) The term `children and adolescents' means any
person under 21 years of age.
``(D) The term `alcohol education' means evidence-
based education about the effects of alcohol use and
abuse on children, adolescents, and adults.
``(E) The term `screening and brief intervention'
means using validated patient interview techniques to
identify and assess the existence and extent of alcohol
use, then providing brief advice and other brief
motivational enhancement techniques designed to
increase patient insight regarding their own alcohol
use and any realized or potential consequences of this
behavior, as well as to effect the desired related
behavioral change.
``(F) The term `caregivers' means, with respect to
a child or adolescent, the parents, family members, or
legal guardians of the child or adolescent.
``(6) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $3,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2013 through 2016.
``(g) Data Collection and Research.--
``(1) Additional research on underage drinking.--The
Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations,
collect data, and conduct or support research that is not
duplicative of research currently being conducted or supported
by the Department of Health and Human Services, on underage
drinking, with respect to the following:
``(A) Improve data collection in support of
evaluation of the effectiveness of comprehensive
community-based programs or strategies and statewide
systems to prevent and reduce underage drinking, across
the underage years from early childhood to age 21, such
as programs funded and implemented by government
entities, public health interest groups and
foundations, and alcohol beverage companies and trade
associations, through the development of models of
State-level epidemiological surveillance of underage
drinking by funding in States or large metropolitan
areas new epidemiologists focused on excessive drinking
including underage alcohol use.
``(B) Obtain and report more precise information
than is currently collected on the scope of the
underage drinking problem and patterns of underage
alcohol consumption, including improved knowledge about
the problem and progress in preventing, reducing, and
treating underage drinking; as well as information on
the rate of exposure of youth to advertising and other
media messages encouraging and discouraging alcohol
consumption.
``(C) Synthesize, expand on, and widely disseminate
existing research on effective strategies for reducing
underage drinking, including translational research,
and make this research easily accessible to the general
public.
``(D) Improve and conduct public health
surveillance on alcohol use and alcohol-related
conditions in States by increasing the use of surveys,
such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System,
to monitor binge and excessive drinking and related
harms among individuals who are at least 18 years of
age, but not more than 20 years of age, including harm
caused to self or others as a result of alcohol use
that is not duplicative of research currently being
conducted or supported by the Department of Health and
Human Services.
``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection
$4,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016.''.
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2607)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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