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Sec. 6706 · H.R. 9877

Opioid grants to support caregivers, kinship care families, and kinship caregivers

Title VI — Mental health and substance use disorders › Subtitle G — Miscellaneous provisions

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(a) Opioid grants Section 1003(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3a(b)(4)) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: (F) 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(h) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3a(h)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Kinship care family The term kinship care family means a family with a kinship caregiver. (3) Kinship caregiver 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)(1) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3a(i)(1)) is amended by striking 2023 through 2027 and inserting 2027 through 2031. (d) Set aside Section 1003(i)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3a(i)(3)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end, and set aside 1 percent to carry out subsection (b)(4)(F).

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