1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2017 . 2. Opioid addiction treatment (a) In general The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, acting through the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (in this section referred to as the Assistant Secretary ) shall award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse, dependence, or addiction. (b) Requirements As conditions on the receipt of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to comply with the following: (1) The grant will be administered through the head of the State’s primary agency responsible for programs and activities relating to the treatment of substance abuse. (2) The services through the grant will be evidence-based such as medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder. (3) The services through the grant will be provided according to a physician or a clinician’s recommendation to ensure that individuals receive the optimal level of substance use disorder treatment for the amount of time that is deemed medically necessary. (4) The services through the grant will be provided exclusively to individuals— (A) who lack health insurance; or (B) whose health insurance— (i) does not cover such services; or (ii) places other barriers on the receipt of such services, such as— (I) limiting coverage of such services to a certain period of time