Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Furthering Opioid Services, Training, and Education Resources Act” or the “FOSTER Act”.
Furthering Opioid Services, Training, and Education Resources Act
A BILL
To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to support State and local agencies with responsibility for children services in their response to the opioid abuse crisis, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Opioid grants to support caregivers, kinship care families, and kinship caregivers
Opioid grants— Section 1003(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 note) is amended—
by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and
by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
“(F) Supporting opioid abuse prevention and treatment services within a State provided by State and local agencies for children and caregivers, kinship care families, and kinship caregivers through—
“(i) workforce recruitment and training;
“(ii) health care services (including such services described in subparagraph (D)); and
“(iii) foster and adoptive parent recruitment and training.”
by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
“(h) Definitions—In this section:
“(1) The term kinship care family means a family with a kinship caregiver.
“(2) The term kinship caregiver means a relative of a child by blood, marriage, or adoption, who—
“(A) lives with the child;
“(B) is the primary caregiver of the child because the biological or adoptive parent of the child is unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver of the child; and
“(C) has a legal relationship to the child or is raising the child informally.”
Authorization of appropriations— Paragraph (1) of section 1003(j) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 note), as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by inserting “, and $255,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2028 through 2033” after “2027”.
Set aside— Section 1003(j)(3)(B) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 note), as redesignated, is amended—
by striking “, and up to” and inserting “, up to”; and
by inserting before the period at the end “, and 1 percent of such amount for such fiscal year shall be made available to carry out subsection (b)(4)(F)”.