[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2983 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2983

 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 under 1 year of age with neonatal abstinence 
                      syndrome and their families.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2016

   Mr. Brown (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. King) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 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 under 1 year of age with neonatal abstinence 
                      syndrome and their families.

    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 ``Caring Recovery for Infants and 
Babies Act'' or the ``CRIB Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICAID STATE PLAN OPTION TO ENTER INTO PROVIDER AGREEMENTS 
              WITH RESIDENTIAL PEDIATRIC RECOVERY CENTERS.

    (a) State Plan Amendment.--Section 1902(a) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (80), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (81), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (81), the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(82) provide, at the option of the State, for making 
        medical assistance available on an inpatient or outpatient 
        basis at a residential pediatric recovery center (as defined in 
        subsection (ll)) for infants who are under 1 year of age with 
        neonatal abstinence syndrome and their families.''.
    (b) Residential Pediatric Recovery Center Defined.--Section 1902 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(ll) Residential Pediatric Recovery Center Defined.--For purposes 
of section 1902(a)(82), the term `residential pediatric recovery 
center' means a center or facility that furnishes items and services 
for which medical assistance is available under the State plan to 
infants who are under 1 year of age with the diagnosis of neonatal 
abstinence syndrome without any other significant medical risk factors 
and to the families of such infants.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on October 1, 2016, and shall apply to medical assistance 
furnished on or after that date without regard to whether or not final 
regulations to carry out such amendments have been promulgated by such 
date.
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