§ 1665e. — Gallup alcohol and substance abuse treatment center.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1665e]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 18--INDIAN HEALTH CARE
SUBCHAPTER V-A--SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS
Sec. 1665e. Gallup alcohol and substance abuse treatment center
(a) Grants for residential treatment
The Secretary shall make grants to the Navajo Nation for the purpose
of providing residential treatment for alcohol and substance abuse for
adult and adolescent members of the Navajo Nation and neighboring
tribes.
(b) Purposes of grants
Grants made pursuant to this section shall (to the extent
appropriations are made available) be used to--
(1) provide at least 15 residential beds each year for adult
long-term treatment, including beds for specialized services such as
polydrug abusers, dual diagnosis, and specialized services for women
with fetal alcohol syndrome children;
(2) establish clinical assessment teams consisting of a clinical
psychologist, a part-time addictionologist, a master's level
assessment counselor, and a certified medical records technician
which shall be responsible for conducting individual assessments and
matching Indian clients with the appropriate available treatment;
(3) provide at least 12 beds for an adolescent shelterbed
program in the city of Gallup, New Mexico, which shall serve as a
satellite facility to the Acoma/Canoncito/Laguna Hospital and the
adolescent center located in Shiprock, New Mexico, for emergency
crisis services, assessment, and family intervention;
(4) develop a relapse program for the purposes of identifying
sources of job training and job opportunity in the Gallup area and
providing vocational training, job placement, and job retention
services to recovering substance abusers; and
(5) provide continuing education and training of treatment staff
in the areas of intensive outpatient services, development of family
support systems, and case management in cooperation with regional
colleges, community colleges, and universities.
(c) Contract for residential treatment
The Navajo Nation, in carrying out the purposes of this section,
shall enter into a contract with an institution in the Gallup, New
Mexico, area which is accredited by the Joint Commission of the
Accreditation of Health Care Organizations to provide comprehensive
alcohol and drug treatment as authorized in subsection (b) of this
section.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years
1996 through 2000, such sums as may be necessary to carry out subsection
(b) of this section.
(Pub. L. 94-437, title VII, Sec. 706, as added Pub. L. 102-573, title
VII, Sec. 702(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4576; amended Pub. L. 104-
313, Sec. 2(e), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3822.)
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-313 amended heading and text of
subsec. (d) generally, extending appropriation authorization for
programs under subsection (b) of this section through fiscal year 2000.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1665m of this title.
