PREVENTION AND TREATMENT WITH RESPECT TO INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE.

SEC. 2025. PREVENTION AND TREATMENT WITH RESPECT TO INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE. Section 1915(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–3(c)) is amended to read as follows: “(c)(1) Amounts paid to a State under section 1914 may be used by the State— “(A) to develop, implement, and operate programs of treatment for intravenous drug abuse, with priority given to programs to treat individuals infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome; “(B) to train drug abuse counselors, and other health care providers, to provide such treatment; and “(C) with respect to individuals in need of treatment for drug abuse, to carry out outreach activities for the purpose of encouraging such individuals to undergo such treatment. “(2) A State may not use amounts under this subpart pursuant to this subsection unless the State involved agrees that such payments will not be expended— 102 STAT. 4199 “(A) to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug or distributing bleach for the purpose of cleansing needles for such hypodermic injection; and “(B) to carry out any testing for the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome unless such testing is accompanied by appropriate pre-test counseling and appropriate post-test counseling.”.