STUDY ON ASSESSMENT FOR USE OF STATE RESOURCES.

SEC. 1247. STUDY ON ASSESSMENT FOR USE OF STATE RESOURCES.(a) In General.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”), shall, in consultation with States and other local entities providing prevention, treatment, or recovery support services related to substance use, conduct a study on strategies to assess community needs with respect to such services in order to facilitate State use of block grant funding received under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.) to provide services to substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support. The study shall, where feasible and appropriate, include estimates of resources for community needs strategies respective to prevention, treatment, or recovery support services. (b) Report.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).