[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2923 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2923

To support the development of evidence-based family-focused residential 
                          treatment programs.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2018

 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Menendez) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To support the development of evidence-based family-focused residential 
                          treatment programs.

    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 ``Building Capacity for Family-Focused 
Residential Treatment Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
        State, county, local, or tribal health or child welfare agency, 
        a private nonprofit organization, a research organization, a 
        treatment service provider, an institution of higher education 
        (as defined under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), or another entity specified by the 
        Secretary.
            (2) Family-focused residential treatment program.--The term 
        ``family-focused residential treatment program'' means a 
        trauma-informed residential program primarily for substance use 
        disorder treatment for pregnant and postpartum women and 
        parents and guardians that allows children to reside with such 
        women or their parents or guardians during treatment to the 
        extent appropriate and applicable.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.

SEC. 3. SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED FAMILY-FOCUSED 
              RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Authority To Award Grants.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
eligible entities for purposes of developing, enhancing, or evaluating 
family-focused residential treatment programs to increase the 
availability of such programs that meet the requirements for promising, 
supported, or well-supported practices specified in section 
471(e)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(e)(4)(C)) (as 
added by the Family First Prevention Services Act enacted under title 
VII of division E of Public Law 115-123).
    (b) Evaluation Requirement.--The Secretary shall require any 
evaluation of a family-focused residential treatment program by an 
eligible entity that uses funds awarded under this section for all or 
part of the costs of the evaluation be designed to assist in the 
determination of whether the program may qualify as a promising, 
supported, or well-supported practice in accordance with the 
requirements of such section 471(e)(4)(C).

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this Act, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, which shall remain 
available through fiscal year 2023.
                                 <all>