,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1      
#bjah,mr4 ,brown 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,portman1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,king1    
,mr4 ,manchin1 ,mr4 ,heller1 ,mr4       
,casey1 and ,mr4 ,whitehouse7 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 with neonatal abstinence       
syndrome4  #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#hb71 by striking and after  
the semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#hc71
 by striking the period at the end and  
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by inserting 
after paragraph 7#hc71 the following new
 paragraph3  7#hd7 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 7nn77 to infants with       
neonatal abstinence syndrome4  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  7nn7 ,residential pediatric
 recovery center defined  7#a7 ,in      
general ,for purposes of section        
#aijb7;a77#hd71 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 with the diagnosis of neonatal  

abstinence syndrome without any other   
significant medical risk factors4  7#b7 
,counseling and services ,a residential 
pediatric recovery center may offer     
counseling and other services to mothers
 7and other appropriate family members  
and caretakers7 of infants receiving    
treatment at such centers if such       
services are otherwise covered under the
 ,state plan under this title or under a
 waiver of such plan4 ,such other       
services may include the following3 7,a7
 ,counseling or referrals for services4 
7,b7 ,activities to encourage           
caregiver-infant bonding4  7,c7         
,training on caring for such infants4  4
  7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments   
made by this section take effect on the 
date of enactment of this ,act and shall
 apply to medical assistance furnished  
on or after that date1 without regard to
 final regulations to carry out such    
amendments being promulgated as of such 
date4