[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5492 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5492

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to address the use of opioids 
and substance use disorders with respect to pregnant women and babies, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2018

     Mr. Guthrie (for himself and Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to address the use of opioids 
and substance use disorders with respect to pregnant women and babies, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Maternal Opioid Treatment, Health, 
Education, and Recovery Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. EARLY INTERVENTION.

    (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 decision-making 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 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 such as 
        BABYCENTER, March of Dimes, the American College of 
        Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Academy of 
        Pediatrics, support public-private partnerships to assist with 
        education and support of pregnant women and health care 
        providers who treat pregnant women and babies.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANDED TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR MOMS AND BABIES.

    (a) Treatment Services Including Referrals.--Section 508 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-1) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) the services will be administered consistent with 
        appropriate guidelines, including the clinical guide entitled 
        `Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women 
        with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants' (or any successor 
        guide).''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (10) to read 
        as follows:
            ``(10) Planning for, and counseling to assist with, care 
        outside of the clinical and in-person setting, both before and 
        after discharge, including referrals to any public or nonprofit 
        private entities in the community involved that provide 
        services appropriate for the woman and the children of the 
        woman.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of the Congress and post on a publicly 
available website a report regarding the implementation of 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--
            (1) updates on the implementation of the strategy, 
        including information regarding the agencies involved in the 
        implementation;
            (2) any additional funding required to fully implement the 
        strategy; and
            (3) processes by which to coordinate the outlined 
        activities across the Department of Health and Human Services.
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