Residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women

42 U.S. Code § 290bb-1. Residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women

(a) In generalThe Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (referred to in this section as the “Director”) shall provide awards of grants, including the grants under subsection (r), cooperative agreements or contracts to public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of providing to pregnant and postpartum women treatment for substance use disorders through programs in which, during the course of receiving treatment—
(1)
the women reside in or receive outpatient treatment services from facilities provided by the programs;
(2)
the minor children of the women reside with the women in such facilities, if the women so request; and
(3)
the services described in subsection (d) are available to or on behalf of the women.
(b) Availability of services for each participantA funding agreement for an award under subsection (a) for an applicant is that, in the program operated pursuant to such subsection—
(1)
treatment services and each supplemental service will be available through the applicant, either directly or through agreements with other public or nonprofit private entities; and
(2)
the services will be made available to each woman admitted to the program and her children.
(c) Individualized plan of servicesA funding agreement for an award under subsection (a) for an applicant is that—
(1)
in providing authorized services for an eligible woman pursuant to such subsection, the applicant will, in consultation with the women, prepare an individualized plan for the provision of services for the woman and her children; and
(2) treatment services under the plan will include—
(A)
individual, group, and family counseling, as appropriate, regarding substance use disorders; and
(B)
follow-up services to assist the woman in preventing a relapse into such a disorder.
(d) Required supplemental servicesIn the case of an eligible woman, the services referred to in subsection (a)(3) are as follows:
(1)
Prenatal and postpartum health care.
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