text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Peer Support Communities of Recovery 
  Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY.
  
      Section 547 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-2) is 
  amended--
              (1) in subsection (a)--
                      (A) in the heading, by striking ``Definition'' and 
                  inserting ``Definitions'';
                      (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                  striking ``In this section, the term `recovery 
                  community organization' means an independent nonprofit 
                  organization that--'' and inserting ``In this 
                  section:'';
                      (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
                  subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving 
                  such subparagraphs (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the 
                  right;
                      (D) by inserting before subparagraph (A) (as so 
                  redesignated) the following:
              ``(1) Recovery community organization.--The term `recovery 
          community organization' means an independent nonprofit 
          organization that--''; and
                      (E) by adding at the end the following:
              ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                      ``(A) a national nonprofit entity focused on 
                  substance use disorder with a network of local 
                  affiliates and partners that are geographically and 
                  organizationally diverse; or
                      ``(B) a nonprofit organization--
                              ``(i) focused on substance use disorder;
                              ``(ii) established by individuals in 
                          personal or family recovery; and
                              ``(iii) serving prevention, treatment, 
                          recovery, payor, faith-based, and criminal 
                          justice stakeholders in the implementation of 
                          local addiction and recovery initiatives.'';
              (2) in subsection (b)--
                      (A) by striking ``The Secretary shall award grants 
                  to recovery community organizations'' and inserting 
                  ``The Secretary--
              ``(1) shall award grants to recovery community 
          organizations'';
                      (B) by striking ``services.'' and inserting 
                  ``services and allow such organizations to use such 
                  grant funds to carry out the activities described in 
                  subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (c)(2); 
                  and''; and
                      (C) by adding at the end the following:
              ``(2) may award grants to eligible entities for purposes of 
          establishing regional technical assistance centers, in 
          accordance with subsection (c)(2)(D).'';
              (3) by striking subsection (c);
              (4) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
          (c) and (d), respectively;
              (5) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)--
                      (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``shall be used'' 
                  and inserting ``to a recovery community organization 
                  shall be used'';
                      (B) in paragraph (2)--
                              (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
                          preceding clause (i), by inserting before 
                          ``build'' the following: ``in the case of a 
                          grant awarded to a recovery community 
                          organization,'';
                              (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                      (I) by inserting before ``reduce'' 
                                  the following: ``in the case of a grant 
                                  awarded to a recovery community 
                                  organization,''; and
                                      (II) by striking ``and'' at the 
                                  end;
                              (iii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                      (I) by inserting before ``conduct'' 
                                  the following: ``in the case of a grant 
                                  awarded to a recovery community 
                                  organization,''; and
                                      (II) by striking the period at the 
                                  end and inserting ``; and''; and
                              (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                      ``(D) in the case of a grant awarded to an eligible 
                  entity, provide for the establishment of regional 
                  technical assistance centers to provide regional 
                  technical assistance for the following:
                              ``(i) Implementation of regionally driven, 
                          peer-delivered addiction recovery support 
                          services before, during, after, or in 
                          conjunction with addiction treatment.
                              ``(ii) Establishment of recovery community 
                          organizations.
                              ``(iii) Establishment of recovery community 
                          centers.''; and
              (6) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
          before the period the following: ``, and
  
  
                
  
           $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023''.
  
              Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018.
  
              Attest:
  
                                                   KAREN L. HAAS,
  
                                                                   Clerk.
target: Peer Support Communities of Recovery Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to nonprofits that focus on substance use disorder to establish regional technical assistance centers to provide assistance regarding implementation of peer-delivered addiction recovery support services, establishment of recovery community organizations and centers, and overdose reversal medication.
feat_title: Peer Support Communities of Recovery Act