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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2899 

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with the 

option of providing medical assistance at a residential pediatric recovery 

center to infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2018 

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. PORTMAN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. KING, Mr. 

MANCHIN, Mr. HELLER, Mr. CASEY, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 

States with the option of providing medical assistance 

at a residential pediatric recovery center to infants with 

neonatal abstinence syndrome. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Caring Recovery for 

5 Infants and Babies Act’’ or the ‘‘CRIB Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MEDICAID STATE PLAN OPTION TO ENTER INTO 

2 PROVIDER AGREEMENTS WITH RESIDENTIAL 

3 PEDIATRIC RECOVERY CENTERS. 

4 (a) STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.—Section 1902(a) of 

5 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in paragraph (82), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

8 the semicolon; 

9 (2) in paragraph (83), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by inserting after paragraph (83), the fol12 lowing new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(84) provide, at the option of the State, for 

14 making medical assistance available on an inpatient 

15 or outpatient basis at a residential pediatric recovery 

16 center (as defined in subsection (nn)) to infants with 

17 neonatal abstinence syndrome.’’. 

18 (b) RESIDENTIAL PEDIATRIC RECOVERY CENTER

19 DEFINED.—Section 1902 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) 

20 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub21 section: 

22 ‘‘(nn) RESIDENTIAL PEDIATRIC RECOVERY CENTER

23 DEFINED.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 

25 1902(a)(84), the term ‘residential pediatric recovery 

26 center’ means a center or facility that furnishes 


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1 items and services for which medical assistance is 

2 available under the State plan to infants with the di3 agnosis of neonatal abstinence syndrome without any 

4 other significant medical risk factors. 

5 ‘‘(2) COUNSELING AND SERVICES.—A residen6 tial pediatric recovery center may offer counseling 

7 and other services to mothers (and other appropriate 

8 family members and caretakers) of infants receiving 

9 treatment at such centers if such services are other10 wise covered under the State plan under this title or 

11 under a waiver of such plan. Such other services 

12 may include the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) Counseling or referrals for services. 

14 ‘‘(B) Activities to encourage caregiver-in15 fant bonding. 

16 ‘‘(C) Training on caring for such infants.’’. 

17 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

18 this section take effect on the date of enactment of this 

19 Act and shall apply to medical assistance furnished on or 

20 after that date, without regard to final regulations to carry 

21 out such amendments being promulgated as of such date. 

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