The Secretary may establish one regional technical assistance center
To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, section 302, Sec. 302.
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The Secretary may establish one regional technical assistance center
The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 302 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary may establish one regional technical assistance center (referred to in this subsection as the `Regional Center'), with existing resources, to assist the Center in carrying out activities described in subsection (b) within the geographic region of such Regional Center in a manner that is tailored to the needs of such region.”
The section adds subsection (d) to section 547A of the Public Health Service Act, permitting the Secretary to establish one regional center, using existing resources, to help the national center do its work within a region and in a way suited to that region.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary may establish one regional technical assistance center (referred to in this subsection as the `Regional Center'), with existing resources, to assist the Center in carrying out activities described in subsection (b) within the geographic region of such Regional Center in a manner that is tailored to the needs of such region.”
That sentence, in plain words
The Secretary can set up one center for a region. It must run on money already in hand. It helps the national center serve that region.
What this is about
The law says one, not many. It also says the money must come from what is already there. No new funds are set aside for it.
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Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, Public Law 119-44, sec. 302, 139 Stat. 684 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ44/html/PLAW-119publ44.htm
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“The Secretary may establish one regional technical assistance center,” Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, section 302, Sec. 302. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-44/proposal/sec302-regional-center/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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