A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of the Associate Director for Special Populations to place emphasis on needs of women and minorities for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism and alcohol abuse and related problems, and for other purposes.

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Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse each to appoint an Associate Director for Special Populations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through such Associate Directors, with regard to women and minorities, to, among other things: (1) develop, coordinate, and support policies, programs, projects, and plans relating to alcohol abuse and drug abuse; and (2) develop systems to assist women and minorities to cope with the effects of discrimination against alcohol and drug abusers.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 31 January 1991

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