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S. 2872 114th Congress Senate

NAS Healthy Babies Act

Official title: A bill to require the Government Accountability Office to submit to Congress a report on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in the United States and its treatment under Medicaid.

Introduced: April 28, 2016 Introduced by: Shelley Moore Capito Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 28, 2016
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 Latest action April 28, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nurturing and Supporting Healthy Babies Act or the NAS Healthy Babies Act

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), which results from a newborn's exposure to addictive opiate drugs while in the mother's womb.

Specifically, the GAO shall report on:

  • the prevalence of NAS,
  • NAS treatment services for which coverage is available under state Medicaid programs,
  • the settings and associated reimbursement methodologies for NAS treatment,
  • the prevalence of utilization of various care settings under state Medicaid programs for NAS treatment, and
  • any federal barriers to treating infants with NAS under state Medicaid programs.

The GAO shall also report on its recommendations for improvements that will ensure access to NAS treatment under state Medicaid programs.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 4978 Identical bill NAS Healthy Babies Act
  • HR 5189 Opioid Abuse Crisis Act of 2016
  • S 524 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Apr 28, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2872: NAS Healthy Babies Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2872/
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