Top Summary
This bill amends Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act to enhance the residential treatment program for pregnant and postpartum women by changing "health services" to "health care services," requiring applicants to include a plan describing their outreach strategies to women disproportionately affected by maternal substance use disorder, and increasing the funding from $29,931,000 to $38,931,000 per fiscal year, applicable from 2026 through 2030.
Original Bill Text:
SEC. 201.Residential treatment program for pregnant and postpartum women.
Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–1) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(11)(C), by striking “providing health services” and inserting “providing health care services”;
(2) in subsection (g)—
(A) by inserting “a plan describing” after “will provide”; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: “Such plan may include a description of how such applicant will target outreach to women disproportionately impacted by maternal substance use disorder.”; and
(3) in subsection (s), by striking “$29,931,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023” and inserting “$38,931,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030”.