118th Congress Health
S. 3740: STRONGER Act
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Summary
This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2029 grants for residential substance use disorder treatment programs at state and local correctional and detention facilities.
Among the revisions, the bill
- replaces statutory references to substance abuse with substance use disorder,
- specifies that the term residential substance use disorder treatment program includes a medication-assisted treatment program,
- requires the chief medical officer or other staff overseeing a program to complete training on the science of addiction and the latest research and clinical guidance on treating substance use disorders in criminal justice settings, and
- allows people who are awaiting trial or in pretrial detention to participate in the programs.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Bill Cassidy R-LAOriginal
- Margaret Hassan D-NHOriginal
- Amy Klobuchar D-MNOriginal
- Thom Tillis R-NCOriginal
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RIOriginal
- Jon Ossoff D-GA
- Raphael Warnock D-GA
- Gary Peters D-MI
Who scored on this bill
- 1John Cornyn SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by John Cornyn.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.