Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee
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Addiction Recovery for Rural Communities Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide financial assistance for the construction of facilities and systems in rural areas for substance-use disorder services. In selecting recipients of loans and grants to establish community facilities, USDA must give priority to developers of facilities that: (1) provide substance use disorder prevention, treatment, or recovery services; and (2) employ staff with expertise and training in identifying and treating individuals with substance-use disorders. In providing grants to establish individual and family health education programs, USDA must give priority to entities intending to use the funds for substance-use disorder education, treatment, and prevention.
Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEducational technology and distance educationGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesRural conditions and development
To strengthen resources to combat the heroin and opioid epidemic in rural communities across America.
USA115th CongressHR-3566| House
| Updated: 9/1/2017
Addiction Recovery for Rural Communities Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide financial assistance for the construction of facilities and systems in rural areas for substance-use disorder services. In selecting recipients of loans and grants to establish community facilities, USDA must give priority to developers of facilities that: (1) provide substance use disorder prevention, treatment, or recovery services; and (2) employ staff with expertise and training in identifying and treating individuals with substance-use disorders. In providing grants to establish individual and family health education programs, USDA must give priority to entities intending to use the funds for substance-use disorder education, treatment, and prevention.
Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEducational technology and distance educationGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesRural conditions and development