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Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery › Section 204

Loan Repayment Program for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Workforce

Section 204 · Sec. 204 ·

What this chapter is about

This part changes an older law about paying off student loans. The program helps drug treatment workers. The top amount of money goes up to $40,000,000 a year. It runs from 2026 through 2030.

1 proposal indexed from this chapter.

The spending ceiling rises to $40,000,000 a year through 2030

The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 204 in the PDF
What the document says

“Section 781(j) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h(j)) is amended by striking ``$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030''.”

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, Sec. 204

The section amends section 781(j) of the Public Health Service Act, replacing the ceiling of $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 with $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

What the document actually says

“Section 781(j) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h(j)) is amended by striking ``$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030''.”

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, Sec. 204
That sentence, in plain words

The old top amount was $25,000,000 a year. The new top amount is $40,000,000 a year. It runs from 2026 through 2030.

What this is about

This program helps pay off school loans. It goes to people who work in drug treatment. Congress must still vote to fund it.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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  1. The document itself

    Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, Public Law 119-44, sec. 204, 139 Stat. 680 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ44/html/PLAW-119publ44.htm

  2. This page

    “Loan Repayment Program for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Workforce,” Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, section 204. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-44/section-204/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

The single thing the section does: it raises the spending ceiling in section 781(j) of the Public Health Service Act and moves the run of years forward.

Nothing. The section is one sentence long and that sentence is recorded here.

The section works by amending section 781 of the Public Health Service Act, which is not indexed here, so nothing is recorded about who qualifies for the loan repayment or on what terms.