S 2658 · 115th Congress · Health

Protecting Newborns from Opioids Act

Introduced 2018-04-12· Sponsored by Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]· Senate

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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2018-04-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Protecting Newborns from Opioids Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) award grants to states to create or improve surveillance systems for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and analyze the data collected through the systems; and (2) conduct research on prevention, factors surrounding, and health outcomes of NAS. (NAS is a group of conditions caused when a baby withdraws from certain drugs the baby is exposed to in the womb before birth.)…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican
Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]FL