Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Mitigating the Methamphetamine Epidemic and Promoting Tribal Health Act” or the “Mitigating METH Act”.
Mitigating the Methamphetamine Epidemic and Promoting Tribal Health Act
A BILL
To make improvements to the account for the State response to the opioid abuse crisis to improve tribal health.
Sec. 2 Account for the State response to the opioid abuse crisis
Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 note) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1), by inserting “and Tribal” after “State”;
in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking “$500,000,000” and inserting “$525,000,000”; and
in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting “and Tribal” after “State”;
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (1)—
in the paragraph heading, by striking “State response to the opioid” and inserting “state and tribal response to the opioid”;
in the first sentence, by inserting “and Indian tribes and Tribal organizations (as the terms ‘Indian tribes’ and ‘tribal organizations’ are defined in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act)” after “grants to States”; and
in the second sentence, by inserting “and Tribes” after “States” each place that such term appears;
in paragraph (2)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—
by inserting “, Tribe, or Tribal organization” after “to a State”;
by inserting “or Tribal” after “by the State”; and
by inserting “or by a Tribe or Tribal organization” after “et seq.)”;
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “and Tribal” after “State”;
in subparagraph (E), by inserting “or Tribe” after “as the State”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Other substances—A State or Indian tribe may use grants awarded under this section for prevention and treatment of the use of other substances such as methamphetamine, if the use of such other substances is determined by the State or tribe to have a substantial public health impact on the State or tribe.”
in subsection (d), by inserting “, Tribe, or tribal organization” after “A State”.