HR 5469 United States House · 117th Congress

FOSTER Act

Summary

Furthering Opioid Services, Training, and Education Resources Act or the FOSTER Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and expands the scope of grants available for states and Indian tribes to address the opioid crisis. Specifically, the bill allows the use of grant funds for workforce recruitment and training, health care services, and foster and adoptive parent recruitment and training to support opioid abuse prevention and treatment services for children and caregivers, kinship care families, and kinship caregivers.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2021

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Sep 30, 2021 Last action Oct 1, 2021

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Full legislative history

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Total actions

3

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Committee

2

Oct 1, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Sep 30, 2021

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

lower

Sep 30, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 20 co-sponsors

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