Also tagged in: Adoption, Children, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Families, Foster home care, Medical care, Medicine, Social services, Welfare, Women
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5941) Bill TextA bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting. 6/20/2008--Introduced. Keeping Families Safe Act of 2008 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow foster care maintenance payments to be made on behalf of a child who is in a residential family treatment center. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate and report to Congress on the foster care maintenance payments made on behalf of a child who is in a residential family treatment center, including an analysis of the outcomes for such children.
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Child welfare, Children, Correctional institutions, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Drugs and youth, Education, Families, Family services, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to housing, Governmental investigations, Health education, Health policy, Higher education, Homeless, Housing, Infants, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Methamphetamine, Parents, Pregnant women, Prison alternatives, Rehabilitation of criminals, Rural affairs, Rural health, Scholarships, School health programs, Telecommunication, Telephone, Welfare, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 05/10/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5948-5949) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Services Act to provide methamphetamine prevention and treatement services. 5/10/2007--Introduced. Treatment and Prevention of Methamphetamine Abuse Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (the Administrator), to award grants to provide residential substance abuse treatment to pregnant and postpartum women. Directs the Secretary to award grants to states to provide recovery support services for parents and families transitioning out of treatment. Requires the Secretary, jointly with the Attorney General, to assist local jails and detention facilities in providing substance abuse treatment services as alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenses. Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Children, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drug addiction, Drug testing, Drugs and youth, Families, Family services, Federal aid to health facilities, Health counseling, Health policy, Medical care, Medical statistics, Medicine, Mental health services, Methamphetamine, Minorities, Minority health, Mortality, Parent and child, Parents, Pregnant women, Prison alternatives, Rehabilitation of criminals, Rural affairs, Rural health, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3192-3193) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act regarding residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, a program to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes. 3/14/2007--Introduced. Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the grant program to provide residential substance abuse treatment to pregnant and postpartum women to include: (1) parenting women substance abuse treatment (including treatment for addiction to methamphetamine); and (2) outpatient treatment services. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide treatment for methamphetamine addiction to pregnant and parenting women.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to assist local jails and detention [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Children, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drug addiction, Drug testing, Drugs and youth, Families, Family services, Federal aid to health facilities, Health counseling, Health policy, Medical care, Medical statistics, Medicine, Mental health services, Methamphetamine, Minorities, Minority health, Mortality, Parent and child, Parents, Pregnant women, Prison alternatives, Rehabilitation of criminals, Rural affairs, Rural health, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act regarding residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, a program to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes. 1/11/2007--Introduced. Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the grant program to provide residential substance abuse treatment to pregnant and postpartum women to include: (1) parenting women substance abuse treatment (including treatment for addiction to methamphetamine); and (2) outpatient treatment services. Requires that such treatment programs be accessible to pregnant and parenting women in health disparity populations. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide treatment for methamphetamine addiction to pregnant and parenting women.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services [...] show full description
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