Title: Supporting Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Supporting Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop guidance for states on ways to support family-focused residential treatment programs (substance use disorder treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, as well as parents and guardians, which allow their children to remain with them during treatment). The guidance must include descriptions of funding opportunities under Medicaid and federal foster care and adoption assistance programs.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2924 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2924

 To encourage the use of family-focused residential treatment programs 
                 for substance use disorder treatment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2018

Mr. Scott (for himself and Mr. Menendez) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To encourage the use of family-focused residential treatment programs 
                 for substance use disorder treatment.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Family-Focused 
Residential Treatment Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Family-focused residential treatment program.--The term 
        ``family-focused residential treatment program'' means a 
        trauma-informed residential program primarily for substance use 
        disorder treatment for pregnant and postpartum women and 
        parents and guardians that allows children to reside with such 
        women or their parents or guardians during treatment to the 
        extent appropriate and applicable.
            (2) Medicaid program.--The term ``Medicaid program'' means 
        the program established under title XIX of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.
            (4) Title iv-e program.--The term ``title IV-E program'' 
        means the program for foster care, prevention, and permanency 
        established under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.).

SEC. 3. GUIDANCE ON FAMILY-FOCUSED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with divisions of 
the Department of Health and Human Services administering substance use 
disorder or child welfare programs, shall develop and issue guidance to 
States identifying opportunities to support family-focused residential 
treatment programs for the provision of substance use disorder 
treatment. Before issuing such guidance, the Secretary shall solicit 
input from representatives of States, health care providers with 
expertise in addiction medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, 
neonatology, child trauma, and child development, recipients of family-
focused treatment services, and other relevant stakeholders.
    (b) Additional Requirements.--The guidance required under 
subsection (a) shall include descriptions of the following:
            (1) Existing opportunities and flexibilities under the 
        Medicaid program, including under waivers authorized under 
        section 1115 or 1915 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1315, 1396n), for States to receive Federal Medicaid funding 
        for the provision of substance use disorder treatment for 
        pregnant and postpartum women and parents and guardians and, to 
        the extent applicable, their children, in family-focused 
        residential treatment programs.
            (2) How States can employ and coordinate funding provided 
        under the Medicaid program, the title IV-E program, and other 
        programs administered by the Secretary to support the provision 
        of treatment and services provided by a family-focused 
        residential treatment facility such as substance use disorder 
        treatment and services, including medication-assisted 
        treatment, family, group, and individual counseling, case 
        management, parenting education and skills development, the 
        provision, assessment, or coordination of care and services for 
        children, including necessary assessments and appropriate 
        interventions, non-emergency transportation for necessary care 
        provided at or away from a program site, transitional services 
        and supports for families leaving treatment, and other 
        services.
            (3) How States can employ and coordinate funding provided 
        under the Medicaid program and the title IV-E program 
        (including as amended by the Family First Prevention Services 
        Act enacted under title VII of division E of Public Law 115-
        123, and particularly with respect to the authority under 
        subsections (a)(2)(C) and (j) of section 472 and section 
        474(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672, 674(a)(1)) 
        (as amended by section 50712 of Public Law 115-123) to provide 
        foster care maintenance payments for a child placed with a 
        parent who is receiving treatment in a licensed residential 
        family-based treatment facility for a substance use disorder) 
        to support placing children with their parents in family-
        focused residential treatment programs.
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