Federal opioid-response programs first created by the 2018 SUPPORT Act lapsed after 2023; this measure renews about two dozen of them through 2030, mostly at higher funding levels. State and Tribal overdose-prevention grants would rise to $505.6 million a year, and first responder overdose-reversal training would grow to $57 million a year. Residential treatment for pregnant and postpartum women would increase to $38.9 million a year, recovery community grants to $17 million a year, and the national child traumatic stress initiative would be funded at roughly $99 to $100 million a year. Many programs broaden from opioids to all overdose-causing substances, fentanyl and xylazine test strips become allowable grant purchases, and a new interagency work group on fentanyl-contaminated drugs is created with annual reports to Congress. People in addiction recovery, first responders, pregnant women, and children exposed to trauma are the primary groups affected.
Average Household Impact
- State and Tribal overdose-prevention grants — $496M to $505.6M/yr through 2030
- First responder overdose-reversal training — $36M to $57M/yr
- Residential treatment for pregnant women — $29.9M to $38.9M/yr
- Recovery community organization grants — $5M to $17M/yr
- SUD treatment workforce loan repayment — $25M to $40M/yr
- Child traumatic stress initiative — reauthorized at ~$99-100M/yr through 2030
Transparency & Accountability
- 988 Lifeline cybersecurity — new incident-reporting chain to HHS required
- GAO study of 988 cybersecurity risks — due within 180 days
- Fentanyl-contamination work group — new annual reports to Congress required
- CAREER Act grants — WIOA employment and earnings outcome reporting added
- SUD-records model training program — sunset removed, authorization made permanent
Congressional Summary
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes and revises Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs that address substance use disorders, overdoses, and mental health.For example, the bill reauthorizes for FY2026-FY2030 grant and other programs relating to• addressing substance use disorders with respect to pregnant and postpartum women,• prevention and recovery from substance use disorders for youth, • housing for individuals in recovery from substance use disorders,• community organizations facilitating recovery from substance use disorders,• loan repayment for certain health care providers treating substance use disorders, • prevention of overdoses of controlled substances,• treatment of children experiencing psychological trauma, and• mental and behavioral health education and training for medical and allied health students.Also, the bill revises several programs, including by (1) expanding a program that supports resources for first responders to include the purchase of drugs or devices to treat non-opioid overdoses, (2) expanding a program that supports employment services for individuals in recovery so as to allow for the provision of related transportation services, and (3) temporarily authorizing a regional technical assistance center to assist the National Peer-Run Training and Technical Assistance Center for Addiction Recovery Support.Additionally, the bill establishes new requirements for HHS, including requirements relating to• protecting the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program from cybersecurity threats,• establishing a Federal Interagency Work Group on Fentanyl Contamination of Illegal Drugs, and• reviewing and potentially revising the scheduling of approved products containing a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone under the Controlled Substances Act.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-06-18
- Date Added
- 2026-06-24
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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