Drug Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 1988

Summary

Drug Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 1988 - Adds a new title XXI to the Social Security Act: Addiction Treatment Services. States that each U.S. citizen and permanent resident is entitled to have payment made for addiction treatment services designed to reduce or eliminate physical or psychological dependence on controlled substances. Bases payment amounts on the individual's ability to pay. Describes the addiction services covered, including detoxification, drug maintenance therapy, and vocational skills training. Lists entities eligible for payment and establishes a prospective payment system for services. Creates the Addiction Treatment Services Trust Fund and appropriates to it amounts which are attributable to the increase in the contribution and benefit base under the Social Security Act resulting from amendments made by this Act. Requires an annual estimate of the fund's surplus or deficit. Provides for the use of copayment and reductions in payment limits and the use of the annual or cumulative surpluses to eliminate any deficits. Establishes in the fund a separate cumulative account of surpluses and deficits. Provides for confidentiality of records of patients under this title. Prohibits the use of records for criminal investigative or prosecutorial purposes except under court order. Makes special provision for coordination of regulations regarding records of veterans suffering from alcohol abuse or alcoholism. Requires providers of services to submit annual reports on the effectiveness of treatment programs. Provides for an increase in the contribution and benefit base for purposes of determining the amount of wages or self-employment income subject to certain taxes under the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the clinical and cost effectiveness of various drug addiction treatment methods and services. Requires a study and report to the Congress on the costs and benefits of expanding the addiction treatment services program of this Act to provide funding for treatment services for alcohol and nicotine addiction.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 October 1988

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