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 106 STAT. 412 PUBLIC LAW 102-321—JULY 10, 1992 "(2) to make cash pa5mients to intended recipients of health "(3) to purchase or improve land, purchase, construct, or permanently improve (other than minor remodeling) any building or other facility, or purchase major medical equipment; (4) to satisfy any reqmrement for the expenditure of non- Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds; or "(5) to provide financial assistance to any entity other than a public or nonprofit private entity, "(i) DEFINITIONS.— For purposes of this section— "(1) The term 'Director' means the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. "(2) The term 'substance abuse' means the abuse of sdcohol or other drugs, "(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $86,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and such sums as may be necessary for fisc^ year 1994. AIDS. ^'Subpart II—Interim Maintenance Treatment of Narcotics Dependence 42 USC 300y-ll. "SEC. 1976. INTERIM MAINTENANCE TREATMENT. "(a) REQUIREMENT REGARDING SECRETARY. —Subject to the following subsections of this section, for the purpose of reducing the incidence of the transmission of HIV disease pursuant to the intravenous abuse of heroin or other morphine-like drugs, the Secretary, in establishing conditions for the use of methadone in public or nonprofit private programs of treatment for dependence on such drugs, shall authorize such programs— "(1) to dispense methadone for treatment purposes to individuals who— "(A) meet the conditions for admission to such programs that dispense methadone as part of comprehensive treatment for such dependence; and "(B) are seeking admission to such programs that so dispense methadone, but as a result of the limited capacity of the programs, will not gain such admission until 14 or more days after seeking admission to the programs; and "(2) in dispensing methadone to such individuals, to provide only minimum ancillary services during the period in which the individuals are waiting for admission to programs of comprehensive treatment. " (b) INAPPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENT IN CERTAIN CIR- CUMSTANCES. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The requirement established in subsection (a) for the Secretary does not apply if any or all of the following conditions are met: "(A) The preponderance of scientific research indicates that the risk of the transmission of HIV disease pursueint to the intravenous abuse of drugs is minimal. "(B) The preponderance of scientific research indicates that the medically supervised dispensing of methadone is not an effective method of reducing the extent of dependence on heroin and other morphine-like drugs.
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