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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3355
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a loan repayment
program for the substance use disorder treatment workforce, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 2023
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky (for himself and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a
loan repayment program for the substance use disorder
treatment workforce, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Substance Use Dis-
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order Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program
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Reauthorization Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF LOAN REPAYMENT PRO-
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GRAM
FOR
SUBSTANCE
USE
DISORDER
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TREATMENT WORKFORCE.
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(a) TAX LIABILITY.—Section 781(b) of the Public
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Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h(b)) is amended by
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adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(3) TAX LIABILITY.—The amount of a pay-
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ment made under this section on behalf of an indi-
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vidual shall not be considered income for purposes of
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the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
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(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 781(h) of the
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Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h(h)(1)) is
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amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘the number and location
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of borrowers’’ and inserting ‘‘the number, occu-
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pation, and location of borrowers’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of the
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paragraph;
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
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the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(3) the number of applications for an award
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under this section that were denied due to a lack of
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sufficient funding.’’.
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
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781(j) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
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295h(j)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
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are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
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$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.’’.
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