§290ee–9 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§290ee–9 Services for families and patients in crisis

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III–A— - SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION › Part Part D— - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Substance Abuse and Mental Health › § 290ee–9

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Health and Human Services Secretary can give grants to nonprofit groups that work on addiction and that help patients and families. Grants can pay to grow resource centers with trained staff who give emotional support, help finding treatment, short assessments, medicine and overdose prevention education, peer and grief support, and case management; improve health IT for prevention and to help underserved areas; produce clear, evidence-based treatment and recovery information for families and partners like police; provide training and technical help to governments, health systems, law enforcement, and researchers; and evaluate programs.

Title 42, §290ee–9

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(a)The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants to entities that focus on addiction and substance use disorders and specialize in family and patient services, advocacy for patients and families, and educational information.

(b)A grant awarded under this section may be used for nonprofit national, State, or local organizations that engage in the following activities:

(1)Expansion of resource center services with professional, clinical staff that provide, for families and individuals impacted by a substance use disorder, support, access to treatment resources, brief assessments, medication and overdose prevention education, compassionate listening services, recovery support or peer specialists, bereavement and grief support, and case management.

(2)Continued development of health information technology systems that leverage new and upcoming technology and techniques for prevention, intervention, and filling resource gaps in communities that are underserved.

(3)Enhancement and operation of treatment and recovery resources, easy-to-read scientific and evidence-based education on addiction and substance use disorders, and other informational tools for families and individuals impacted by a substance use disorder and community stakeholders, such as law enforcement agencies.

(4)Provision of training and technical assistance to State and local governments, law enforcement agencies, health care systems, research institutions, and other stakeholders.

(5)Expanding upon and implementing educational information using evidence-based information on substance use disorders.

(6)Expansion of training of community stakeholders, law enforcement officers, and families across a broad-range of addiction, health, and related topics on substance use disorders, local issues and community-specific issues related to the drug epidemic.

(7)Program evaluation.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Substance Use–Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, also known as the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, and the Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

§290ee–9 Services for families and patients in crisis

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Title 42, §290ee–9

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