Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program. The program provides student loan repayment awards to eligible individuals who provide treatment and recovery support services to patients with a substance use disorder at an approved facility.

In particular, the bill excludes the student loan repayment awards from income for federal tax purposes. It also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report on additional aspects of the program, including the number of applications that were denied due to lack of funding.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3355 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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 
  Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Substance Use Disorder Treatment and 
Recovery Loan Repayment Program Reauthorization Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR SUBSTANCE USE 
              DISORDER TREATMENT WORKFORCE.

    (a) Tax Liability.--Section 781(b) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 295h(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Tax liability.--The amount of a payment made under 
        this section on behalf of an individual shall not be considered 
        income for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Section 781(h) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h(h)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``the number and location of 
                borrowers'' and inserting ``the number, occupation, and 
                location of borrowers''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end of the 
                paragraph;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) the number of applications for an award under this 
        section that were denied due to a lack of sufficient 
        funding.''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 781(j) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h(j)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $75,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028.''.
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