Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act

The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2016. The bill was introduced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Jim Sensenbrenner as the first major federal addiction act in 40 years.[1][2]

Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
Great Seal of the United States
Other short titlesJason Simcakoski Memorial and Promise Act
Long titleAn Act to authorize the Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to address the prescription opioid and heroin use crises, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)CARA
NicknamesComprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
Enacted bythe 114th United States Congress
EffectiveJuly 22, 2016
Citations
Public law114-198
Statutes at Large130 Stat. 695
Codification
Titles amended
U.S.C. sections amended
  • 42 U.S.C. §§ 10513, 10803, 1320a-7k, 1320a-7m, 1320d-2, 1395b-3, 1395ddd, 1395iii, 1395w-10, 1395w-101, 1395w-104, 1395w-152, 1395x, 1396, 1396a, 1396r, 1396w, 1397bb, 243, 280g-3, 290bb, 290bb-1, 290dd, 3711, 3793, 3797aa, 3797s, 5101, 5104, 5106a
  • 21 U.S.C. §§ 1521, 1903, 301, 321, 355, 355-1, 802, 812, 823, 829
Legislative history

CARA authorizes over $181 million to respond to the epidemic of opioid use disorder and is intended to greatly increase both prevention programs and the availability of treatment programs. While this bill authorized prevention and treatment programs, funding for its provisions had to come through Congress's appropriations process.[2]

In May 2017, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced grants totaling $2.6 million for recovery community organizations to build addiction recovery networks and engage in public education as authorized under CARA.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "S. 524: Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016". Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act". Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  3. ^ "Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: Building Communities of Recovery". Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.