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FOSTER Act
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H. R. 5469 (Introduced-in-House)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5469


To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to support State and local agencies with responsibility for children services in their response to the opioid abuse crisis, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 30, 2021

Ms. Strickland (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Wild, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Young, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Trone, and Ms. Sewell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to support State and local agencies with responsibility for children services in their response to the opioid abuse crisis, 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 “Furthering Opioid Services, Training, and Education Resources Act” or the “FOSTER Act”.

SEC. 2. Opioid grants to support caregivers, kinship care families, and kinship caregivers.

(a) Opioid grants.—Section 1003(b)(2) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 note) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and

(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:

“(E) Supporting opioid abuse prevention and treatment services within a State provided by State and local agencies for children and caregivers, kinship care families, and kinship caregivers through—

“(i) workforce recruitment and training;

“(ii) health care services (including such services described in subparagraph (D)); and

“(iii) foster and adoptive parent recruitment and training.”.

(b) Definitions.—Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 note) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:

“(h) Definitions.—In this section:

“(1) The term ‘kinship care family’ means a family with a kinship caregiver.

“(2) The term ‘kinship caregiver’ means a relative of a child by blood, marriage, or adoption, who—

“(A) lives with the child;

“(B) is the primary caregiver of the child because the biological or adoptive parent of the child is unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver of the child; and

“(C) has a legal relationship to the child or is raising the child informally.”.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—Section 1003(i) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 note), as redesignated, is amended by inserting “, and $255,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026” after “2021”.

(d) Set aside.—Section 1003(j) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 note), as redesignated, is amended—

(1) by striking “, and up to” and inserting “, up to”; and

(2) by inserting before the period at the end “, and 1 percent of such amount for such fiscal year shall be made available to carry out subsection (b)(2)(E)”.