Requiring identification of drug-affected infants and providing treatment services to their mothers. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Requiring screening of pregnant and lactating women for nonprescription use of controlled substances.)
Summary
$ Requires primary health care providers to screen pregnant or lactating women for nonprescription use of controlled substances.
$ Requires health care providers to screen pregnant women who seek health care at the time of delivery and indicate they have had little or no prenatal health care for nonprescription use of controlled substances.
$ Requires the health care providers, if the results of the screening indicate the need to test the infant, to convey this need to the infant's primary health care provider, or, to conduct the testing themselves.
From the Substitute House Bill Analysis (SSB 5416), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not passDid not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House