[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2899 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2899

 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 with neonatal abstinence syndrome.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2018

    Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, Mr. 
  Manchin, Mr. Heller, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Whitehouse) 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 with neonatal abstinence syndrome.

    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 (82), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (83), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (83), the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(84) 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 (nn)) to infants with neonatal abstinence 
        syndrome.''.
    (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:
    ``(nn) Residential Pediatric Recovery Center Defined.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of section 1902(a)(84), 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 with 
        the diagnosis of neonatal abstinence syndrome without any other 
        significant medical risk factors.
            ``(2) Counseling and services.--A residential pediatric 
        recovery center may offer counseling and other services to 
        mothers (and other appropriate family members and caretakers) 
        of infants receiving treatment at such centers if such services 
        are otherwise covered under the State plan under this title or 
        under a waiver of such plan. Such other services may include 
        the following:
                    ``(A) Counseling or referrals for services.
                    ``(B) Activities to encourage caregiver-infant 
                bonding.
                    ``(C) Training on caring for such infants.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to medical 
assistance furnished on or after that date, without regard to final 
regulations to carry out such amendments being promulgated as of such 
date.
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