TERM OF RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL FACILITIES.

SEC. 1144. TERM OF RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL FACILITIES. Section 1904 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–3) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘residential substance abuse treatment program’ means a course of individual and group activities, lasting between 6 and 12 months, in residential treatment facilities set apart from the general prison population—“(1) directed at the substance abuse problems of the prisoners; “(2) intended to develop the prisoner’s cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational and other skills so as to solve the prisoner’s substance abuse and other problems; and “(3) which may include the use of pharmacotherapies, where appropriate, that may extend beyond the treatment period.”.