,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bibc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1 #bjah
 ,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself and ,mr4   
,menendez7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to support the development of        
evidence-based family-focused           
residential treatment programs4  #a4    
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,building ,capacity for            
,family-,focused ,residential ,treatment
 ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 
7#a7 ,eligible entity ,the term eligible
 entity means a ,state1 county1 local1  
or tribal health or child welfare       
agency1 a private nonprofit             
organization1 a research organization1 a
 treatment service provider1 an         
institution of higher education 7as     
defined under section #aja of the       
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajja771 or another entity    
specified by the ,secretary4  7#b7      

,family-focused residential treatment   
program ,the term family-focused        
residential treatment program means a   
trauma-informed residential program     
primarily for substance use disorder    
treatment for pregnant and postpartum   
women and parents and guardians that    
allows children to reside with such     
women or their parents or guardians     
during treatment to the extent          
appropriate and applicable4  7#c7       
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services4  #c4 ,support for the        
development of evidence-based           
family-focused residential treatment    
programs  7a7 ,authority ,to award      
grants ,the ,secretary shall award      
grants to eligible entities for purposes
 of developing1 enhancing1 or evaluating
 family-focused residential treatment   
programs to increase the availability of
 such programs that meet the            
requirements for promising1 supported1  
or well-supported practices specified in

 section #dga7;e77#d77;,c7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fga7;e77#d77;,c77 7as added by the     
,family ,first ,prevention ,services    
,act enacted under title ,,vii of       
division ,e of ,public ,law #aae-abc74  
7b7 ,evaluation requirement ,the        
,secretary shall require any evaluation 
of a family-focused residential         
treatment program by an eligible entity 
that uses funds awarded under this      
section for all or part of the costs of 
the evaluation be designed to assist in 
the determination of whether the program
 may qualify as a promising1 supported1 
or well-supported practice in accordance
 with the requirements of such section  
#dga7;e77#d77;,c74  #d4 ,authorization  
of appropriations ,there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the ,secretary to 
carry out this ,act1 #bj1jjj1jjj for    
fiscal year #bjai1 which shall remain   
available through fiscal year #bjbc4