Residential Treatment Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Women

Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–1) is amended— (1)in subsection (a)— (A)in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking postpartum women treatment for substance abuse and inserting parenting women treatment for substance abuse (including treatment for addiction to methamphetamine); (B)in paragraph (1), by striking reside in and inserting reside in or receive outpatient treatment services from; and (C)in paragraph (2), by striking reside with the women in and inserting reside with the women in, or receive outpatient treatment services from,; (2)in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:

(2)Referrals for necessary hospital and dental services.

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(3)by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:

(h)

Accessibility of program

A funding agreement for an award under subsection (a) for an applicant is that the program operated pursuant to such subsection will be accessible to— (1)pregnant and parenting women in low-income households; and (2)pregnant and parenting women in health disparity populations.

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(4)by amending subsection (m) to read as follows:

(m)

Allocation of awards

In making awards under subsection (a), the Director shall give priority to any entity that agrees to use the award for a program serving an area that— (1)is a rural area, an area designated under section 332 by the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration as a health professional shortage area with a shortage of mental health professionals, or an area determined by the Director to have a shortage of family-based substance abuse treatment options; and (2)is determined by the Director to have high rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.

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(5)in subsection (p)— (A)by striking October 1, 1994 and inserting October 1, 2009; (B)by inserting In submitting reports under this subsection, the Director may use data collected under this section or other provisions of law. after biennial report under section 501(k).; and (C)by striking Each report under this subsection shall include and all that follows and inserting

Each report under this subsection shall, with respect to the period for which the report is prepared, include the following:(1)A summary of any evaluations conducted under subsection (o). (2)Data on the number of pregnant and parenting women in need of, but not receiving, treatment for substance abuse under programs carried out pursuant to this section. Such data shall include, but not be limited to, the number of pregnant and parenting women in need of, but not receiving, treatment for methamphetamine abuse under such programs, disaggregated by State and tribe. (3)Data on recovery and relapse rates of women receiving treatment for substance abuse under programs carried out pursuant to this section, including data disaggregated with respect to treatment for methamphetamine abuse.

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(6)by redesignating subsections (q) and (r) as subsections (r) and (s), respectively; (7)by inserting after subsection (p) the following:

(q)

Methamphetamine addiction

In carrying out this section, the Director shall expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.

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(8)in subsection (r) (as so redesignated)— (A)by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and (B)by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:

(4)The term health disparity population means a population in which there is a significant disparity in the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, or survival rates in the population as compared to the health status of the general population.

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(9)in subsection (s) (as so redesignated), by striking such sums as may be necessary to fiscal years 2001 through 2003 and inserting $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $22,050,000 for fiscal year 2011, $23,152,500 for fiscal year 2012, and $24,310,125 for fiscal year 2013.