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4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1800 |
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5 | 5 | | To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the |
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6 | 6 | | Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Services program, and |
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7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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9 | 9 | | JUNE1, 2023 |
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10 | 10 | | Ms. M |
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11 | 11 | | URKOWSKI(for herself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. KING) |
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12 | 12 | | introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the |
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13 | 13 | | Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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15 | 15 | | To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and |
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16 | 16 | | extend the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention |
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17 | 17 | | and Services program, and for other purposes. |
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18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing FASD Re-4 |
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22 | 22 | | search, Services and Prevention Act’’ or the ‘‘FASD Re-5 |
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23 | 23 | | spect Act’’. 6 |
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27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. HHS PROGRAM ON FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM 1 |
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28 | 28 | | DISORDERS. 2 |
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29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Part O of title III of the Public 3 |
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31 | 31 | | Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280f et seq.) is amended— 4 |
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32 | 32 | | (1) by amending the part heading to read as 5 |
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33 | 33 | | follows: ‘‘ |
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34 | 34 | | FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DIS -6 |
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35 | 35 | | ORDERS PREVENTION AND SERVICES PRO -7 |
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36 | 36 | | GRAM’’; 8 |
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37 | 37 | | (2) in section 399H (42 U.S.C. 280f)— 9 |
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38 | 38 | | (A) in the section heading, by striking 10 |
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39 | 39 | | ‘‘ |
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40 | 40 | | ESTABLISHMENT OF FETAL ALCOHOL 11 |
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41 | 41 | | SYNDROME PREVENTION ’’ and inserting 12 |
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42 | 42 | | ‘‘ |
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43 | 43 | | FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS 13 |
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44 | 44 | | PREVENTION , INTERVENTION ,’’; 14 |
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45 | 45 | | (B) by striking ‘‘Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 15 |
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46 | 46 | | and Fetal Alcohol Effect’’ each place it appears 16 |
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47 | 47 | | and inserting ‘‘FASD’’; 17 |
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48 | 48 | | (C) in subsection (a)— 18 |
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49 | 49 | | (i) by amending the heading to read 19 |
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50 | 50 | | as follows: ‘‘I |
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51 | 51 | | NGENERAL’’; 20 |
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52 | 52 | | (ii) in the matter preceding paragraph 21 |
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53 | 53 | | (1)— 22 |
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54 | 54 | | (I) by inserting ‘‘or continue ac-23 |
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55 | 55 | | tivities to support’’ after ‘‘shall estab-24 |
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56 | 56 | | lish’’; 25 |
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60 | 60 | | (II) by striking ‘‘FASD’’ (as 1 |
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61 | 61 | | amended by subparagraph (B)) and 2 |
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62 | 62 | | inserting ‘‘fetal alcohol spectrum dis-3 |
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63 | 63 | | orders (referred to in this section as 4 |
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64 | 64 | | ‘FASD’)’’; 5 |
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65 | 65 | | (III) by striking ‘‘prevention, 6 |
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66 | 66 | | intervention’’ and inserting ‘‘aware-7 |
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67 | 67 | | ness, prevention, identification, inter-8 |
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68 | 68 | | vention,’’; and 9 |
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69 | 69 | | (IV) by striking ‘‘that shall’’ and 10 |
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70 | 70 | | inserting ‘‘, which may’’; 11 |
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71 | 71 | | (iii) in paragraph (1)— 12 |
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72 | 72 | | (I) in subparagraph (A)— 13 |
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73 | 73 | | (aa) by striking ‘‘medical 14 |
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74 | 74 | | schools’’ and inserting ‘‘health 15 |
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75 | 75 | | professions schools’’; and 16 |
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76 | 76 | | (bb) by inserting ‘‘infants,’’ 17 |
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77 | 77 | | after ‘‘provision of services for’’; 18 |
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78 | 78 | | and 19 |
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79 | 79 | | (II) in subparagraph (D), by 20 |
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80 | 80 | | striking ‘‘medical and mental’’ and in-21 |
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81 | 81 | | serting ‘‘agencies providing’’; 22 |
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82 | 82 | | (iv) in paragraph (2)— 23 |
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83 | 83 | | (I) in the matter preceding sub-24 |
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84 | 84 | | paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘a preven-25 |
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88 | 88 | | tion and diagnosis program to support 1 |
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89 | 89 | | clinical studies, demonstrations and 2 |
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90 | 90 | | other research as appropriate’’ and in-3 |
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91 | 91 | | serting ‘‘supporting and conducting 4 |
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92 | 92 | | research on FASD, as appropriate, in-5 |
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93 | 93 | | cluding’’; 6 |
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94 | 94 | | (II) in subparagraph (B)— 7 |
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95 | 95 | | (aa) by striking ‘‘prevention 8 |
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96 | 96 | | services and interventions for 9 |
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97 | 97 | | pregnant, alcohol-dependent 10 |
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98 | 98 | | women’’ and inserting ‘‘culturally 11 |
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99 | 99 | | and linguistically informed evi-12 |
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100 | 100 | | dence-based or practice-based 13 |
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101 | 101 | | interventions and appropriate so-14 |
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102 | 102 | | cietal supports for preventing 15 |
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103 | 103 | | prenatal alcohol exposure, which 16 |
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104 | 104 | | may co-occur with exposure to 17 |
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105 | 105 | | other substances’’; and 18 |
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106 | 106 | | (bb) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 19 |
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107 | 107 | | inserting a semicolon; 20 |
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108 | 108 | | (v) by striking paragraph (3) and in-21 |
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109 | 109 | | serting the following: 22 |
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110 | 110 | | ‘‘(3) integrating into surveillance practice an 23 |
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111 | 111 | | evidence-based standard case definition for fetal al-24 |
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112 | 112 | | cohol syndrome and, in collaboration with other Fed-25 |
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116 | 116 | | eral and outside partners, support organizations of 1 |
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117 | 117 | | appropriate medical and mental health professionals 2 |
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118 | 118 | | in their development and refinement of evidence- 3 |
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119 | 119 | | based clinical diagnostic guidelines and criteria for 4 |
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120 | 120 | | all fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; and 5 |
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121 | 121 | | ‘‘(4) building State and Tribal capacity for the 6 |
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122 | 122 | | identification, treatment, and support of individuals 7 |
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123 | 123 | | with FASD and their families, which may include— 8 |
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124 | 124 | | ‘‘(A) utilizing and adapting existing Fed-9 |
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125 | 125 | | eral, State, or Tribal programs to include 10 |
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126 | 126 | | FASD identification and FASD-informed sup-11 |
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127 | 127 | | port; 12 |
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128 | 128 | | ‘‘(B) developing and expanding screening 13 |
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129 | 129 | | and diagnostic capacity for FASD; 14 |
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130 | 130 | | ‘‘(C) developing, implementing, and evalu-15 |
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131 | 131 | | ating targeted FASD-informed intervention 16 |
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132 | 132 | | programs for FASD; 17 |
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133 | 133 | | ‘‘(D) increasing awareness of FASD; 18 |
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134 | 134 | | ‘‘(E) providing training with respect to 19 |
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135 | 135 | | FASD for professionals across relevant sectors; 20 |
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136 | 136 | | and 21 |
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137 | 137 | | ‘‘(F) disseminating information about 22 |
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138 | 138 | | FASD and support services to affected individ-23 |
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139 | 139 | | uals and their families.’’; 24 |
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140 | 140 | | (D) in subsection (b)— 25 |
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144 | 144 | | (i) by striking ‘‘described in section 1 |
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145 | 145 | | 399I’’; 2 |
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146 | 146 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 3 |
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147 | 147 | | inserting the following: 4 |
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148 | 148 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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149 | 149 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 5 |
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150 | 150 | | (iii) by adding at the end the fol-6 |
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151 | 151 | | lowing: 7 |
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152 | 152 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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153 | 153 | | LIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-8 |
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154 | 154 | | ceive a grant, or enter into a cooperative agreement 9 |
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155 | 155 | | or contract, under this section, an entity shall— 10 |
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156 | 156 | | ‘‘(A) be a State, Indian Tribe or Tribal or-11 |
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157 | 157 | | ganization, local government, scientific or aca-12 |
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158 | 158 | | demic institution, or nonprofit organization; 13 |
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159 | 159 | | and 14 |
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160 | 160 | | ‘‘(B) prepare and submit to the Secretary 15 |
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161 | 161 | | an application at such time, in such manner, 16 |
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162 | 162 | | and containing such information as the Sec-17 |
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163 | 163 | | retary may require, including a description of 18 |
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164 | 164 | | the activities that the entity intends to carry 19 |
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165 | 165 | | out using amounts received under this sec-20 |
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166 | 166 | | tion.’’; and 21 |
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167 | 167 | | (E) by striking subsections (c) and (d); 22 |
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168 | 168 | | and 23 |
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169 | 169 | | (F) by adding at the end the following: 24 |
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173 | 173 | | ‘‘(c) DEFINITION OFFASD-INFORMED.—For pur-1 |
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174 | 174 | | poses of this section, the term ‘FASD-informed’, with re-2 |
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175 | 175 | | spect to support or an intervention program, means that 3 |
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176 | 176 | | such support or intervention program uses culturally and 4 |
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177 | 177 | | linguistically informed evidence-based or practice-based 5 |
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178 | 178 | | interventions and appropriate societal supports to support 6 |
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179 | 179 | | an improved quality of life for an individual with FASD 7 |
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180 | 180 | | and the family of such individual.’’; 8 |
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181 | 181 | | (3) by striking sections 399I, 399J, and 399K 9 |
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182 | 182 | | (42 U.S.C. 280f–1, 280f–2, 280f–3) and inserting 10 |
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183 | 183 | | the following: 11 |
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184 | 184 | | ‘‘SEC. 399I. FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS CEN-12 |
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185 | 185 | | TERS FOR EXCELLENCE. 13 |
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186 | 186 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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187 | 187 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall, as appro-14 |
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188 | 188 | | priate, award grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts 15 |
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189 | 189 | | to public or nonprofit entities with demonstrated expertise 16 |
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190 | 190 | | in the prevention of, identification of, and intervention 17 |
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191 | 191 | | services with respect to, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders 18 |
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192 | 192 | | (referred to in this section as ‘FASD’) and other related 19 |
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193 | 193 | | adverse conditions. Such awards shall be for the purposes 20 |
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194 | 194 | | of establishing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Centers 21 |
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195 | 195 | | for Excellence to build local, Tribal, State, and national 22 |
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196 | 196 | | capacities to prevent the occurrence of FASD and other 23 |
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197 | 197 | | related adverse conditions, and to respond to the needs 24 |
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201 | 201 | | of individuals with FASD and their families by carrying 1 |
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202 | 202 | | out the programs described in subsection (b). 2 |
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203 | 203 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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204 | 204 | | ROGRAMS.—An entity receiving an award 3 |
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205 | 205 | | under subsection (a) may use such award for the following 4 |
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206 | 206 | | purposes: 5 |
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207 | 207 | | ‘‘(1) Initiating or expanding diagnostic capacity 6 |
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208 | 208 | | for FASD by increasing screening, assessment, iden-7 |
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209 | 209 | | tification, and diagnosis. 8 |
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210 | 210 | | ‘‘(2) Developing and supporting public aware-9 |
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211 | 211 | | ness and outreach activities, including the use of a 10 |
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212 | 212 | | range of media and public outreach, to raise public 11 |
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213 | 213 | | awareness of the risks associated with alcohol con-12 |
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214 | 214 | | sumption during pregnancy, with the goals of reduc-13 |
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215 | 215 | | ing the prevalence of FASD and improving the de-14 |
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216 | 216 | | velopmental, health (including mental health), and 15 |
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217 | 217 | | educational outcomes of individuals with FASD and 16 |
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218 | 218 | | supporting families caring for individuals with 17 |
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219 | 219 | | FASD. 18 |
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220 | 220 | | ‘‘(3) Acting as a clearinghouse for evidence- 19 |
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221 | 221 | | based resources on FASD prevention, identification, 20 |
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222 | 222 | | and culturally and linguistically informed best prac-21 |
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223 | 223 | | tices, including the maintenance of a national data- 22 |
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224 | 224 | | based directory on FASD-specific services in States, 23 |
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225 | 225 | | Indian Tribes, and local communities, and dissemi-24 |
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226 | 226 | | nating ongoing research and developing resources on 25 |
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230 | 230 | | FASD to help inform systems of care for individuals 1 |
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231 | 231 | | with FASD across their lifespan. 2 |
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232 | 232 | | ‘‘(4) Increasing awareness and understanding 3 |
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233 | 233 | | of efficacious, evidence-based FASD screening tools 4 |
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234 | 234 | | and culturally- and linguistically-appropriate evi-5 |
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235 | 235 | | dence-based intervention services and best practices, 6 |
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236 | 236 | | which may include by conducting national, regional, 7 |
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237 | 237 | | State, Tribal, or peer cross-State webinars, work-8 |
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238 | 238 | | shops, or conferences for training community lead-9 |
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239 | 239 | | ers, medical and mental health and substance use 10 |
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240 | 240 | | disorder professionals, education and disability pro-11 |
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241 | 241 | | fessionals, families, law enforcement personnel, 12 |
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242 | 242 | | judges, individuals working in financial assistance 13 |
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243 | 243 | | programs, social service personnel, child welfare pro-14 |
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244 | 244 | | fessionals, and other service providers. 15 |
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245 | 245 | | ‘‘(5) Improving capacity for State, Tribal, and 16 |
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246 | 246 | | local affiliates dedicated to FASD awareness, pre-17 |
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247 | 247 | | vention, and identification and family and individual 18 |
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248 | 248 | | support programs and services. 19 |
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249 | 249 | | ‘‘(6) Providing technical assistance to grantees 20 |
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250 | 250 | | under section 399H, as appropriate. 21 |
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251 | 251 | | ‘‘(7) Carrying out other functions, as appro-22 |
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252 | 252 | | priate. 23 |
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253 | 253 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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254 | 254 | | PPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant, con-24 |
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255 | 255 | | tract, or cooperative agreement under this section, an enti-25 |
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259 | 259 | | ty shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 1 |
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260 | 260 | | time, in such manner, and containing such information as 2 |
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261 | 261 | | the Secretary may require. 3 |
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262 | 262 | | ‘‘(d) S |
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263 | 263 | | UBCONTRACTING.—A public or private non-4 |
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264 | 264 | | profit entity may carry out the following activities required 5 |
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265 | 265 | | under this section through contracts or cooperative agree-6 |
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266 | 266 | | ments with other public and private nonprofit entities with 7 |
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267 | 267 | | demonstrated expertise in FASD: 8 |
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268 | 268 | | ‘‘(1) Prevention activities. 9 |
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269 | 269 | | ‘‘(2) Screening and identification. 10 |
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270 | 270 | | ‘‘(3) Resource development and dissemination, 11 |
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271 | 271 | | training and technical assistance, administration, 12 |
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272 | 272 | | and support of FASD partner networks. 13 |
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273 | 273 | | ‘‘(4) Intervention services. 14 |
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274 | 274 | | ‘‘SEC. 399J. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 15 |
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275 | 275 | | ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 16 |
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276 | 276 | | this part such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 17 |
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277 | 277 | | years 2024 through 2028.’’. 18 |
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278 | 278 | | (b) R |
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279 | 279 | | EPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 19 |
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280 | 280 | | of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 20 |
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281 | 281 | | Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Health, 21 |
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282 | 282 | | Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 22 |
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283 | 283 | | Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 23 |
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284 | 284 | | Representatives a report on the efforts of the Department 24 |
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285 | 285 | | of Health and Human Services to advance public aware-25 |
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289 | 289 | | ness on, and facilitate the identification of best practices 1 |
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290 | 290 | | related to, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders identification, 2 |
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291 | 291 | | prevention, treatment, and support. 3 |
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