Treatment, Education, and Community Help to Combat Addiction Act of 2018 or the TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate Regional Centers of Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education and provide support to such centers to enhance and improve pain management and substance use disorder education through the distribution of evidence-based curricula for health care professional schools.
The bill provides statutory authority for the National Institutes of Health's Centers for Excellence in Pain Education program, under which the centers provide for the coordination of the development, evaluation, and distribution of pain management curricula for health professional schools.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5261 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5261
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for regional centers
of excellence in substance use disorder education, and for other
purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 13, 2018
Mr. Johnson of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Tonko) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for regional centers
of excellence in substance use disorder education, 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 ``Treatment, Education, and Community
Help to Combat Addiction Act of 2018'' or the ``TEACH to Combat
Addiction Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SUBSTANCE
USE DISORDER EDUCATION.
Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended by
inserting after section 549 (42 U.S.C. 290ee-4) the following new
section:
``SEC. 550. REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
EDUCATION.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with such other
agencies as are appropriate, shall, subject to the availability of
appropriations, establish a solicitation process and award cooperative
agreements to eligible entities for the designation of such entities as
Regional Centers of Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education and
support of such regional centers of excellence to enhance and improve
how health professionals are educated in pain management and substance
use disorder through development, evaluation, and distribution of
evidence-based curriculum for health care professional schools. An
eligible entity designated by the Secretary as a Regional Center of
Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education shall carry out the
activities described in subsection (b).
``(b) Selection of Centers of Excellence.--
``(1) Eligible entities.--To be eligible to receive a
cooperative agreement under subsection (a), an entity shall--
``(A) be an entity specified by the Secretary that
offers education to students in various health
professions, which may include--
``(i) a health system;
``(ii) a teaching hospital;
``(iii) a community health center;
``(iv) a physician's office;
``(v) a medical school; or
``(vi) any other health professional
school, school of public health, or Cooperative
Extension Program at institutions of higher
education engaged in an aspect of the
prevention, treatment, or recovery of substance
use disorders;
``(B) demonstrate an existing strategy, and have in
place a plan for continuing such strategy, or a
proposed strategy to implement a curriculum based on
best practices for substance use disorder prevention,
treatment, and recovery;
``(C) demonstrate community engagement and
participation through community partners, including
mental health counselors, social workers, peer recovery
specialists, substance use treatment programs, law
enforcement, and the business community; and
``(D) provide to the Secretary such information, at
such time, and in such manner, as the Secretary may
require.
``(2) Diversity.--In awarding cooperative agreements under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into account regional
differences among eligible entities and shall make an effort to
ensure geographic diversity.
``(c) Dissemination of Information.--
``(1) Public posting.--The Secretary shall make information
provided to the Secretary under subsection (b)(1)(D) publically
available on the Internet website of the Department of Health
and Human Services.
``(2) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall evaluate each
project carried out by a Regional Center of Excellence in
Substance Use Disorder Education under this section and shall
disseminate the findings with respect to each such evaluation
to appropriate public and private entities.
``(d) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this section, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.''.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF NIH CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN PAIN EDUCATION.
Part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act is amended by
inserting after section 409J (42 U.S.C. 284q) the following new
section:
``SEC. 409K. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN PAIN EDUCATION.
``There is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2019 through 2023 for the Centers of Excellence in Pain
Education program conducted by the Director of NIH, through the Pain
Consortium, under which such Centers of Excellence provide for
coordination of the development, evaluation, and distribution of pain
management curriculum for health professional schools to improve how
health care professionals are taught about pain and its treatment.''.
<all>
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5052-5053)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5261.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5052)
Llama 3.2 · runs locally in your browser
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5052)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.