Definitions

42 U.S.C. § 300x–34

• Title: 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
• Chapter: 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
• Subchapter: XVII
• Part: B
• Current through: Pub. L. 119-99

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For purposes of this subpart:
(1) The term "authorized activities", subject to section 300x–31 of this title, means the activities described in section 300x–21(b) of this title.
(2) The term "funding agreement", with respect to a grant under section 300x–21 of this title to a State, means that the Secretary may make such a grant only if the State makes the agreement involved.
(3) The term "prevention activities", subject to section 300x–31 of this title, means activities to prevent substance use disorders.
(4) The term "substance use disorder" means the recurrent use of alcohol or other drugs that causes clinically significant impairment.
(5) The term "treatment activities" means treatment services and, subject to section 300x–31 of this title, authorized activities that are related to treatment services.
(6) The term "treatment facility" means an entity that provides treatment services.
(7) The term "treatment services", subject to section 300x–31 of this title, means treatment for substance use disorders.

History

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, §1934, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, §202, July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 402; amended Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title VIII, §8002(j), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1232; Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title I, §1241(a)(9), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5678.)

Editorial Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions
A prior section 1934 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 300y–24 of this title and subsequently omitted from the Code.

Amendments
2022—Par. (4). Pub. L. 117–328 amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: "The term 'substance abuse' means the abuse of alcohol or other drugs."
2016—Pars. (3), (7). Pub. L. 114–255 substituted "substance use disorders" for "substance abuse".