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Sec. 6707 · H.R. 9877

Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration and subagencies

Title VI — Mental health and substance use disorders › Subtitle G — Miscellaneous provisions

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(a) Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 464H(c) (42 U.S.C. 285n(c)), section 464R(c) (42 U.S.C. 285p(c)), and subsections (b) and (c)(1) of section 2303 (42 U.S.C. 300cc–2), by striking Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration each place it appears and inserting Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use; (2) in title V (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.)— (A) in the title heading, by striking Abuse and inserting Use; and (B) in section 501 (42 U.S.C. 290aa)— (i) in the section heading, by striking Abuse and inserting Use; and (ii) in subsection (f)(4), by striking Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration and inserting Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration; and (3) by striking Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration each place it appears and inserting Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration. (b) Center for Substance Use Services; Center for Substance Use Prevention Services (1) In general The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended— (A) in part B of title V (42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq.)— (i) in subpart 1, in the subpart heading, by striking Abuse Treatment and inserting Use Services; (ii) in subpart 2, in the subpart heading, by striking Abuse Prevention and inserting Use Prevention Services; (iii) in section 507 (42 U.S.C. 290bb), in the section heading, by striking Abuse Treatment and inserting Use Services; (iv) in section 513(a) (42 U.S.C. 290bb–6(a)), in the subsection heading, by striking Abuse Treatment and inserting Use Services; and (v) in section 515 (42 U.S.C. 290bb–21), in the section heading, by striking Abuse Prevention and inserting Use Prevention Services; (B) in section 1932(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 300x–32(b)(3)), in the paragraph heading, by striking abuse prevention and inserting use prevention services; (C) in section 1935(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–35(b)(2)), in the paragraph heading, by striking abuse prevention and inserting use prevention services; (D) by striking Center for Substance Abuse Treatment each place it appears and inserting Center for Substance Use Services; and (E) by striking Center for Substance Abuse Prevention each place it appears and inserting Center for Substance Use Prevention Services. (c) Authorities The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall delegate to the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration, the Center for Substance Use Services, and the Center for Substance Use Prevention Services all duties and authorities that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, were vested in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, respectively. (d) References (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States— (A) to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be deemed to be a reference to the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration; (B) to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of such Administration shall be deemed to be a reference to the Center for Substance Use Services of such Administration; and (C) to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of such Administration shall be deemed to be a reference to the Center for Substance Use Prevention Services of such Administration. (2) Effect Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to alter or affect section 6001(d) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa note), providing that a reference to the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be construed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use. (3) References to SAMHSA Notwithstanding this section or the amendments made by this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may continue to use the acronym SAMHSA to refer to the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration in regulations, maps, documents, papers, and other records of the United States.

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