Title: Protecting Moms and Infants Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Protecting Moms and Infants Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the residential substance-use-treatment program for pregnant and postpartum women and requires the Department of Health and Human Services to make recommendations for addressing prenatal opioid use. Further, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment must develop substance-use-disorder educational materials for treating pregnant women and babies.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2710 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2710

     To improve treatment and early interventions for pregnant and 
    postpartum women and infants affected by substance use disorder.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 19, 2018

  Mr. McConnell (for himself and Mr. Casey) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
     To improve treatment and early interventions for pregnant and 
    postpartum women and infants affected by substance use disorder.

    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 ``Protecting Moms and Infants Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING TREATMENT FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN.

    (a) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services (referred to in this subsection as the ``Secretary'') 
        shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and make 
        available to the public on the internet website of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services a report regarding the 
        implementation of the recommendations in 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--
                    (A) an update on the implementation of the 
                recommendations in the strategy, including information 
                regarding the agencies involved in the implementation; 
                and
                    (B) information on additional funding or authority 
                the Secretary requires, if any, to implement the 
                strategy, which may include authorities needed to 
                coordinate implementation of such strategy across the 
                Department of Health and Human Services.
            (2) Periodic updates.--The Secretary shall periodically 
        update the report under paragraph (1).
    (b) Residential Treatment Programs for Pregnant and Postpartum 
Women.--Section 508(s) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290bb-1(s)) is amended by striking ``$16,900,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2021'' and inserting ``$29,931,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2019 through 2023''.

SEC. 3. EARLY INTERVENTIONS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND INFANTS.

    (a) Development of Educational Materials by Center for Substance 
Abuse Prevention.--Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb-21(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) in cooperation with relevant stakeholders and the 
        Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
        develop educational materials for clinicians to use with 
        pregnant women for shared decisionmaking regarding pain 
        management during pregnancy.''.
    (b) Guidelines and Recommendations by Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment.--Section 507(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290bb(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) in cooperation with the Secretary, implement and 
        disseminate, as appropriate, the recommendations in the report 
        entitled `Protecting Our Infants Act: Final Strategy' issued by 
        the Department of Health and Human Services in 2017; and''.
    (c) Support of Partnerships by Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment.--Section 507(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290bb(b)), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding 
at the end the following:
            ``(16) in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, support 
        public-private partnerships to assist with education about, and 
        support with respect to, substance use disorder for pregnant 
        women and health care providers who treat pregnant women and 
        babies.''.
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