A bill to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate certain substance use disorder treatment facilities as eligible for National Health Service Corps service.
Strengthening the Addiction Treatment Workforce Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include substance use disorder treatment facilities as medical facilities that may be designated as health professional shortage areas by the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill specifies the services that such a facility must provide to be eligible.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutionsHealth personnel
A bill to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate certain substance use disorder treatment facilities as eligible for National Health Service Corps service.
USA115th CongressS-1453| Senate
| Updated: 6/28/2017
Strengthening the Addiction Treatment Workforce Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include substance use disorder treatment facilities as medical facilities that may be designated as health professional shortage areas by the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill specifies the services that such a facility must provide to be eligible.
Drug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutionsHealth personnel