104 STAT. 456 PUBLIC LAW 101-374—AUG. 15, 1990 Public Law 101-374 101st Congress An Act Aug. 15, 1990 [S. 2461] Drug Abuse Treatment Waiting Period Reduction Amendments of 1990. 42 USC 201 note. Women. Appropriation authorization. To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program of grants for reducing the waiting period for receiving treatment services for drug abuse, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Drug Abuse Treatment Waiting Period Reduction Amendments of 1990. SEC. 2. REVISION AND EXTENSION OF PROGRAM FOR REDUCING WAIT- ING PERIOD FOR DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT. (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING WAITING PERIOD.—Section 509E(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa-12(a)) is amended by striking "the waiting list" and all that follows and inserting the following: "the waiting period for receiving, with respect to drug abuse, treatment services from public and nonprofit private providers of such services,". (b) PRIORITIES IN MAKING GRANTS; AUTHORITY FOR POSTTREATMENT SERVICES. —Section 509E of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa-12) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (d); (2) by redesignating subsections (c), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections: "(c) Subject to the availability of qualified applicants, the Secretary shall, in making grant under subsection (a), give priority to applicants that will provide, directly or through arrangements with public or nonprofit private entities, treatment services for drug abuse to pregnant or postpartum women. "(d) A grantee under subsection (a) may expend not more than 50 percent of the grant to develop and provide, directly or through arrangements with public or nonprofit private entities, follow-up services to prevent the renewed abuse of drugs by individuals who have successfully completed, with respect to such abuse, a program of treatment provided by the grantee.. (c) FUNDING.— (1) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — Paragraph (1) of section 509E(g) of the Public Health Service Act, as redesignated by subsection (b)(2) of this section, is amended to read as follows: "(1) In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated to carry out this section prior to fiscal year 1991, there are authorized to be appropriated an additional $40,000,000 to carry out this section.". (2) INCREASE REGARDING LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF GRANTS. — Paragraph (3) of section 509E(g) of the Public Health Service Act, as redesignated by subsection (b)(2) of this
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