An applicant's plan may describe outreach to women hit hardest
To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, section 201, Sec. 201.
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An applicant's plan may describe outreach to women hit hardest
The document says “can”Who acts: applicants for grants under section 508 of the Public Health Service ActHow: statuteSec. 201 in the PDF
What the document says
“Such plan may include a description of how such applicant will target outreach to women disproportionately impacted by maternal substance use disorder.”
The section amends section 508(g) of the Public Health Service Act. It inserts the words a plan describing, so that an applicant provides a plan, and adds that the plan may describe how the applicant will target outreach to women hit hardest by maternal substance use disorder.
What the document actually says
“Such plan may include a description of how such applicant will target outreach to women disproportionately impacted by maternal substance use disorder.”
That sentence, in plain words
The plan can say how a group will reach certain women. Those are the women hit hardest by drug problems in pregnancy.
What this is about
The law says may, not must. So this part of the plan is a choice. The plan itself is now required.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, Public Law 119-44, sec. 201, 139 Stat. 680 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ44/html/PLAW-119publ44.htm
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“An applicant's plan may describe outreach to women hit hardest,” Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, section 201, Sec. 201. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-44/proposal/sec201-outreach-plan/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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