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The bill directs significant, targeted federal funding to expand prevention, treatment, and recovery services for substance use disorders in rural and Tribal communities, but the funding is time-limited, cannot be used for capital projects, imposes application burdens that may disadvantage small providers, and creates an ongoing taxpayer cost.
Rural residents will gain expanded access to prevention, treatment, and recovery services for substance use disorders through new HRSA grants.
Provides stable federal funding ($165M per year from 2026–2030) to support multi-year programs and planning for rural behavioral health services.
Tribes and tribal organizations can receive grants to tailor prevention, treatment, and recovery services for Indigenous communities in rural areas.
Taxpayers will fund an ongoing federal commitment of $165M annually through 2030, which may crowd out other spending priorities.
Funds are prohibited from being used to acquire or improve real property, limiting support for facility construction or capital upgrades in rural areas.
Grants are capped at five years, which could limit long-term sustainability and continuity of services after federal support ends.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program to award multi‑year grants to eligible rural and tribal entities for prevention, treatment, recovery, technical assistance, and evaluation, authorizing $165M/year for FY2026–2030.
Introduced December 3, 2025 by Carol Devine Miller · Last progress December 3, 2025
Creates a Rural Communities Opioid Response Program at the Health Resources and Services Administration to expand prevention, treatment, recovery, and related behavioral health services in rural areas. The program awards grants or cooperative agreements to eligible states, tribal entities, state rural health offices, and other domestic entities for planning, evidence‑based service delivery, technical assistance, evaluation, and response to emerging issues, with grants up to five years and an annual authorization of $165 million for FY2026–2030.