,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #h1  
#bjbc,ms4 ,collins 7for herself1 ,mrs4  
,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 and ,mr4 ,cornyn7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
to reauthorize and expand technical     
assistance and support for recovery     
community organizations and peer support
 networks1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,peer ,support ,services ,center of 
,excellence ,act4  #b4 ,national        
,peer-,run ,training and ,technical     
,assistance ,center of ,excellence for  
,addiction ,recovery ,support ,section  
#edg;,a of the ,public ,health ,service 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bij;ee-#b;a7 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in the section heading1  
by inserting of ,excellence after       
,center2  7#b7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 

by inserting 7referred to in this       
section as the ,secretary7 after        
,assistant ,secretary2 and  7,b7 by     
inserting of ,excellence after          
,assistance ,center2  7#c7 in subsection
 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,c71 by  
inserting 1 including recovery housing  
after services2  7,b7 by redesignating  
paragraphs 7#c7 through 7#e7 as         
paragraphs 7#f7 through 7#h71           
respectively2 and  7,c7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#b7 the following3     
7#c7 professional development of the    
peer support specialist workforce2  7#d7
 integration of peer support specialists
 and recovery support services into     
nonclinical settings2  7#e7 bridging the
 gap between evidence-based practices   
and practice-based evidence2  2  7#d7 by
 redesignating subsections 7d7 and 7e7  
as subsections 7e7 and 7f71             
respectively2  7#e7 by inserting after  
subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7      
,pilot program  7#a7 ,in general ,the   
,secretary shall carry out a pilot      

program under which the ,secretary shall
 establish a regional center of         
excellence1 to be known as the ,national
 ,peer-,run ,training and ,technical    
,assistance ,regional ,center of        
,excellence for ,addiction ,recovery    
,support 7referred to in this subsection
 as the ,regional ,center of            
,excellence71 for a distinct geographic 
region of the ,united ,states1 as       
determined by the ,secretary4  7#b7     
,duties ,the ,regional ,center of       
,excellence shall provide the technical 
assistance and support described in     
subsection 7b7 in a manner that is      
tailored to the needs of the region in  
which the ,regional ,center of          
,excellence is located4  7#c7           
,termination2 recommendations  7,a7 ,in 
general ,the pilot program under this   
subsection shall terminate on ,september
 #cj1 #bjbh4  7,b7 ,recommendations ,on 
termination of the pilot program under  
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary shall 
submit to ,congress a report that makes 

recommendations on whether-- 7i7 to make
 permanent the ,regional ,center of     
,excellence2 and  7ii7 to establish     
additional regional centers of          
excellence in other distinct geographic 
regions of the ,united ,states4  2 and  
7#f7 in subsection 7f7 7as so           
redesignated71 by striking #a1jjj1jjj   
for each of fiscal years #bjai through  
#bjbc and inserting #b1jjj1jjj for each 
of fiscal years #bjbd through #bjbh4