Sec. 3. Expanded treatment options for moms and babies
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Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–1 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the services will be administered consistent with appropriate guidelines, including the clinical guide entitled Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants (or any successor guide). ; and in subsection (d), by amending paragraph
(10)to read as follows: Planning for, and counseling to assist with, care outside of the clinical and in-person setting, both before and after discharge, including referrals to any public or nonprofit private entities in the community involved that provide services appropriate for the woman and the children of the woman. . Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress and post on a publicly available website a report regarding the implementation of the strategy relating to prenatal opioid use, including neonatal abstinence syndrome, developed pursuant to section 2 of the Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–91 ). Such report shall include— updates on the implementation of the strategy, including information regarding the agencies involved in the implementation; any additional funding required to fully implement the strategy; and processes by which to coordinate the outlined activities across the Department of Health and Human Services.
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