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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.
Summary
This bill expands federal opioid treatment grants to support state and local child welfare agencies in addressing opioid addiction among children, caregivers, and kinship care families. The bill allows opioid grant funding to be used for workforce recruitment and training, health care services, and foster and adoptive parent recruitment and training focused on opioid prevention and treatment. The bill defines kinship caregivers as relatives of children who serve as primary caregivers when biological or adoptive parents are unable or unwilling to provide care. The bill authorizes $255 million annually for fiscal years 2028 through 2033 for opioid grants, with 1% of the funding designated specifically for supporting kinship caregivers and kinship care families in addressing opioid-related issues.
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- Nov 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Nov 21, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 21, 2025
Ms. Strickland (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Furthering Opioid Services, Training, and Education Resources Act” or the “FOSTER Act”.
SEC. 2. OPIOID GRANTS TO SUPPORT CAREGIVERS, KINSHIP CARE FAMILIES, AND KINSHIP CAREGIVERS.
(a) Opioid Grants.—Section 1003(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 note) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and
(2) 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.”.
(b) Definitions.—Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 note) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
(2) 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.”.
(c) 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”.
(d) Set Aside.—Section 1003(j)(3)(B) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 note), as redesignated, is amended—
(1) by striking “, and up to” and inserting “, up to”; and
(2) 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)”. <all>
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