,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bfjf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bb1    
#bjah ,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself1 ,mrs4  
,capito1 and ,mr4 ,udall7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to award grants for training  
health professionals to treat opioid    
addiction and other substance use       
disorders through using                 
technology-enabled models1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,opioid ,,echo     
,act4  #b4 ,grants to train health      
professionals to treat opioid addiction 
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,health and ,human ,services1 in        
coordination with the ,administrator of 
the ,health ,resources and ,services    
,administration and the ,assistant      
,secretary for ,mental ,health and      

,substance ,use1 shall award grants on a
 competitive basis to eligible entities 
for the purpose of training health      
professionals to treat opioid addiction 
and other substance use disorders1      
including by providing                  
medication-assisted treatment1 through  
the use of technology-enabled models4   
7b7 ,duration ,each grant awarded under 
this section shall be for a period of #c
 years4  7c7 ,definitions ,for purposes 
of this section3  7#a7 ,eligible entity 
,the term eligible entity means a       
nonprofit organization1 an academic     
institution1 a ,state1 a ,federally     
qualified health center as defined in   
section #ahfa7;aa7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciex7aa771 or other entity determined 
appropriate by the ,secretary of ,health
 and ,human ,services4  7#b7            
,technology-enabled model ,the term     
technology-enabled model means a        
technology-enabled collaborative        
learning and capacity building model1 as

 defined in section #b of the ,expanding
 ,capacity for ,health ,outcomes ,act   
7,public ,law #aad-bgj2 #acj ,stat4     
#acie74  7d7 ,authorization of          
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to carry out this       
section1 #aj1jjj1jjj for the period of  
fiscal years #bjah through #bjbj4