Pub. L. 89-793, tit. IV, sec. 402

Sec. 402. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1966, and for the succeeding fiscal year, the sum of $15,000,000 to enable the Surgeon General (1) to make grants to States and political subdivisions thereof and to private organizations and institutions (A) for the development of field testing and demonstration programs for the treatment of narcotic addiction, (B) for the development of specialized training programs or materials relating to the provision of public health services for the treatment of narcotic addiction, or the development of in-service training or short-80 Stat. 1449term or refresher courses with respect to the provision of such services, (C) for training personnel to operate, supervise, and administer such services, and (D) for the conducting of surveys evaluating the adequacy of the programs for the treatment of narcotic addiction within the several States with a view to determining ways and means of improving, extending, and expanding such programs; and (2) to enter into jointly financed cooperative arrangements with State and local governments and public and private organizations and institutions with a view toward the developing, constructing, operating, staffing, and maintaining of treatment centers and facilities (including posthospitalization treatment centers and facilities) for narcotic addicts within the States. (b) Payments under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, as determined by the Surgeon General, and shall be made on such conditions as the Surgeon General determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. (c) The Surgeon General is authorized to issue appropriate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this title.