To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to award grants to support community-based programs for harm reduction services for individuals who use substances.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to award grants to support community-based programs for harm reduction services for individuals who use substances., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HA5A9AE0991BD46BD95C80DC8332D0708: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Closing the Substance Use Care Gap Act of 2024.
- Section H3B22B6734349463181BBC5A73886A758: 2. Grants for community-based harm reduction services for substance use disorder Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.)...
- Section HDBE03C3DFBDD4EC0907BC5EF8E0E274B: 544A. Grants for community-based harm reduction services for substance use disorder The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to award grants to support community-based programs for harm reduction services for individuals who use substances., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to award grants to support community-based programs for harm reduction services for individuals who use substances., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Rick Larsen
D-WA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Larsen of Washington (for himself and Ms. Kuster) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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