Addiction Free Treatment Act of 1999

Summary

Addiction Free Treatment Act of 1999 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of certain funds under such Acts for any drug treatment or rehabilitation program that uses methadone or Levo-Alpha Acetyl-Methadol (pharmacological heroin detoxification agents) unless the program follows specified guidelines, including that the program has as its primary objective the elimination of drug addiction (including addiction to the heroin detoxification agents mentioned above) and that it conducts random and frequent comprehensive drug testing for all narcotics. Requires: (1) the Director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse to conduct a study regarding the effectiveness of non-pharmacological heroin rehabilitation programs and methadone-to-abstinence programs; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit annual reports to Congress over a five-year period on heroin rehabilitation program effectiveness.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 February 1999

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 11 February 1999

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