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[CITE: 42USC3796ff-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
   SUBCHAPTER XII-G--RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR STATE 
                                PRISONERS
 
Sec. 3796ff-1. State applications


(a) In general

    (1) To request a grant under this subchapter the chief executive of 
a State shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form 
and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably 
require.
    (2) Such application shall include assurances that Federal funds 
received under this subchapter shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for 
activities funded under this subchapter.
    (3) Such application shall coordinate the design and implementation 
of treatment programs between State correctional representatives and the 
State Alcohol \1\ and Drug \1\ Abuse \1\ agency (and, if appropriate, 
between representatives of local correctional agencies and 
representatives of either the State alcohol and drug abuse agency or any 
appropriate local alcohol and drug abuse agency).
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
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(b) Substance abuse testing requirement

    To be eligible to receive funds under this subchapter, a State must 
agree to implement or continue to require urinalysis or other proven 
reliable forms of testing of individuals in correctional residential 
substance abuse treatment programs. Such testing shall include 
individuals released from residential substance abuse treatment programs 
who remain in the custody of the State.

(c) Eligibility for preference with aftercare component

    (1) To be eligible for a preference under this subchapter, a State 
must ensure that individuals who participate in the substance abuse 
treatment program established or implemented with assistance provided 
under this subchapter will be provided with aftercare services.
    (2) State aftercare services must involve the coordination of the 
correctional facility treatment program with other human service and 
rehabilitation programs, such as educational and job training programs, 
parole supervision programs, half-way house programs, and participation 
in self-help and peer group programs, that may aid in the rehabilitation 
of individuals in the substance abuse treatment program.
    (3) To qualify as an aftercare program, the head of the substance 
abuse treatment program, in conjunction with State and local authorities 
and organizations involved in substance abuse treatment, shall assist in 
placement of substance abuse treatment program participants with 
appropriate community substance abuse treatment facilities when such 
individuals leave the correctional facility at the end of a sentence or 
on parole.

(d) Coordination of Federal assistance

    Each application submitted for a grant under this section shall 
include a description of how the funds made available under this section 
will be coordinated with Federal assistance for substance abuse 
treatment and aftercare services currently provided by the Department of 
Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.

(e) State office

    The Office designated under section 3757 of this title--
        (1) shall prepare the application as required under this 
    section; and
        (2) shall administer grant funds received under this subchapter, 
    including review of spending, processing, progress, financial 
    reporting, technical assistance, grant adjustments, accounting, 
    auditing, and fund disbursement.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 1902, as added Pub. L. 103-322, title 
III, Sec. 32101(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1898.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3796ff-2, 3796ff-3 of this 
title.
