,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bihc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #be1 #bjaf
 ,mr4 ,brown 7for himself1 ,mrs4        
,capito1 and ,mr4 ,king7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xix of the 
,social ,security ,act to provide       
,states with the option of providing    
medical assistance at a residential     
pediatric recovery center to infants    
under #a year of age with neonatal      
abstinence syndrome and their families4 
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,caring ,recovery for      
,infants and ,babies ,act or the ,,crib 
,act4  #b4 ,medicaid ,state plan option 
to enter into provider agreements with  
residential pediatric recovery centers  
7a7 ,state plan amendment ,section      
#aijb7;a7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7a77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in paragraph 7#hj71 by striking and
 after the semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph

 7#ha71 by striking the period at the   
end and inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by   
inserting after paragraph 7#ha71 the    
following new paragraph3  7#hb7 provide1
 at the option of the ,state1 for making
 medical assistance available on an     
inpatient or outpatient basis at a      
residential pediatric recovery center   
7as defined in subsection 7ll77 for     
infants who are under #a year of age    
with neonatal abstinence syndrome and   
their families4  4  7b7 ,residential    
pediatric recovery center defined       
,section #aijb of such ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection3
  7ll7 ,residential pediatric recovery  
center defined ,for purposes of section 
#aijb7;a77#hb71 the term residential    
pediatric recovery center means a center
 or facility that furnishes items and   
services for which medical assistance is
 available under the ,state plan to     
infants who are under #a year of age    
with the diagnosis of neonatal          

abstinence syndrome without any other   
significant medical risk factors and to 
the families of such infants4  4  7c7   
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section take effect on ,october #a1
 #bjaf1 and shall apply to medical      
assistance furnished on or after that   
date without regard to whether or not   
final regulations to carry out such     
amendments have been promulgated by such
 date4