S. 1004Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act

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The Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act renews federal support for residential treatment programs that help pregnant and postpartum women with substance‑use disorders. It updates the program’s language, adds a new outreach‑planning requirement aimed at women most at risk, and raises the yearly funding to $38.931 million for the 2025‑2029 period.

Key Provisions

Changes the program’s language from “providing health services” to “providing health care services.”
Requires applicants to submit a plan that describes how they will reach women who are disproportionately affected by maternal substance‑use disorder.
Increases the annual funding level to $38.931 million for each fiscal year from 2025 through 2029 (up from $29.931 million for 2019‑2023).

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

March 12, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

March 12, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued March 12, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1004

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 12, 2025

Mr. Luján (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To reauthorize the program to support residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act.

Reauthorization of program

Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–1) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (d)(11)(C), by striking providing health services and inserting providing health care services;

(2)

in subsection (g)—

(A)

by inserting a plan describing after will provide; and

(B)

by adding at the end the following: Such plan may include a description of how such applicant will target outreach to women disproportionately impacted by maternal substance use disorder.; and

(3)

in subsection (s), by striking $29,931,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting $38,931,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.