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§290bb–6 Action by Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and States Concerning Military Facilities

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III–A — SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION › Part B — Centers and Programs › subpart 1 — center for substance abuse treatment › § 290bb–6

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment must work with the agencies on the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities (created under the National Defense Authorization Act of 1989 and under section 3042 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1988) to identify military sites that can be reused or renovated to house nonviolent people for drug treatment. The Director must tell state drug-treatment oversight agencies when space is available and must help those state agencies plan how to turn the sites into residential treatment centers. State agencies that oversee drug treatment must set rules for who can go to those facilities, pick the treatment providers, help those providers get funding, and create and run work programs for people in treatment while coordinating with the military official in charge. Before notifying states, the Director may reserve some space for research or pilot projects.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §290bb–6

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(a)Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
The Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment shall—
(1)coordinate with the agencies represented on the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities the utilization of military facilities or parts thereof, as identified by such Commission, established under the National Defense Authorization Act of 1989, that could be utilized or renovated to house nonviolent persons for drug treatment purposes;
(2)notify State agencies responsible for the oversight of drug abuse treatment entities and programs of the availability of space at the installations identified in paragraph (1); and
(3)assist State agencies responsible for the oversight of drug abuse treatment entities and programs in developing methods for adapting the installations described in paragraph (1) into residential treatment centers.
(b)States
With regard to military facilities or parts thereof, as identified by the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities established under section 3042 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1988, that could be utilized or renovated to house nonviolent persons for drug treatment purposes, State agencies responsible for the oversight of drug abuse treatment entities and programs shall—
(1)establish eligibility criteria for the treatment of individuals at such facilities;
(2)select treatment providers to provide drug abuse treatment at such facilities;
(3)provide assistance to treatment providers selected under paragraph (2) to assist such providers in securing financing to fund the cost of the programs at such facilities; and
(4)establish, regulate, and coordinate with the military official in charge of the facility, work programs for individuals receiving treatment at such facilities.
(c)Reservation of space
Prior to notifying States of the availability of space at military facilities under subsection (a)(2), the Director may reserve space at such facilities to conduct research or demonstration projects.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The National Defense Authorization Act of 1989, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), probably means the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989, Pub. L. 100–456, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1918. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. section 3042 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health

Amendments

Act of 1988, referred to in subsec. (b), probably should be a reference to section 2819 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989, Pub. L. 100–456, div. B, title XXVIII, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2119, which established the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities and which was set out as a note under section 2391 of Title 10, Armed Forces, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, § 1031(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2123. The Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health

Amendments

Act of 1988 is subtitle A of title II of Pub. L. 100–690, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4193, and does not contain a section 3042. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 290ff of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 102–321.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 513 of act
July 1, 1944, was classified to section 290bb–2 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–321, title I, § 122(d)[(e)],
July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 360. Another prior section 513 of act
July 1, 1944, which was classified to section 229b of this title, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 238j of this title.

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–321, § 112(b)(1), substituted provisions relating to Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for provisions relating to National Institute on Drug Abuse in heading and text.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1992 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 102–321 effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of Pub. L. 102–321, set out as a note under section 236 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 290bb–6

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110