S 3740
118th Congress
Senate
Health
STRONGER Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 6, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 6, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Supporting Treatment and Recovery Over Narcotics for Growth, Empowerment, and Rehabilitation Act or the STRONGER Act
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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