---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 10593"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "10593"
heading: "Program requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/10593"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement"
  - "Subchapter XXIX — Grants for Family-Based Substance Abuse Treatment"
---

# §10593. Program requirements

- (a) **In general—** A program for which a grant is made under [section 10591(1) of this title](/usc/34/10591.md?p=1) shall comply with the following requirements:
  - (1) The program shall ensure that all providers of substance abuse [treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) are approved by the [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7) or [Indian Tribe](/usc/34/11103.md?p=18) and are licensed, if necessary, to provide medical and other health [services](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-51).
  - (2) The program shall ensure appropriate coordination and consultation with the Single [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7) Authority for Substance Abuse of the [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7) (as that term is defined in [section 60521(e) of this title](/usc/34/60521.md?p=e)).
  - (3) The program shall consist of clinically-appropriate, comprehensive, and long-term family [treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15), including the [treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) of the [nonviolent parent drug offender](/usc/34/10596.md?p=1), the child of such offender, and any other appropriate member of the family of the offender.
  - (4) The program shall be provided in a residential setting that is not a hospital setting or an intensive outpatient setting.
  - (5) The program shall provide that if a [nonviolent parent drug offender](/usc/34/10596.md?p=1) who participates in that program does not successfully complete the program the offender shall serve an appropriate sentence of imprisonment with respect to the underlying crime involved.
  - (6) The program shall ensure that a determination is made as to whether a nonviolent drug offender has completed the substance abuse [treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) program.
  - (7) The program shall include the implementation of a system of [graduated sanctions](/usc/34/11103.md?p=24) (including incentives) that are applied based on the accountability of the [nonviolent parent drug offender](/usc/34/10596.md?p=1) involved throughout the course of that program to encourage compliance with that program.
  - (8) The program shall develop and implement a reentry plan for each participant.
- (b) **Prison-based programs—** A program for which a grant is made under [section 10591(2) of this title](/usc/34/10591.md?p=2) shall comply with the following requirements:
  - (1) The program shall integrate techniques to assess the strengths and needs of immediate and extended family of the incarcerated parent to support a [treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) plan of the incarcerated parent.
  - (2) The program shall ensure that each participant in that program has access to consistent and uninterrupted care if transferred to a different correctional facility within the [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7) or other relevant entity.
  - (3) The program shall be located in an area separate from the general population of the prison.
- (c) **Priority considerations—** The [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) shall give priority consideration to grant applications for grants under [section 10591 of this title](/usc/34/10591.md) that are submitted by a [nonprofit organization](/usc/34/11103.md?p=23) that demonstrates a relationship with [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7) and local criminal justice agencies, including—
  - (1) within the judiciary and prosecutorial agencies; or
  - (2) with the local corrections agencies, which shall be documented by a written agreement that details the terms of access to facilities and participants and provides information on the history of the organization of working with correctional populations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2923, as added Pub. L. 110–199, title I, § 113, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 675; amended Pub. L. 115–391, title V, § 502(b)(2), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5228.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3797s–2 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–391 added subsec. (c).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Construction of 2008 Amendment

For construction of amendments by Pub. L. 110–199 and requirements for grants made under such amendments, see section 60504 of this title.