CARE for Families Act of 2020

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3354 To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish a community health partnership grant program. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 27, 2020 Mr. BROWN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish a community health partnership grant program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Access, 4 Resources, and Education for Families Act of 2020’’ or 5 the ‘‘CARE for Families Act of 2020’’. 6 SEC. 2. COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP GRANTS. 7 Section 17(h) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 8 U.S.C. 1786(h)) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 9 lowing: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:16 Feb 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3354.IS S3354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3354 IS ‘‘(15) COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP 1 GRANTS.— 2 ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 3 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘el- 4 igible entity’ means— 5 ‘‘(I) a local agency; and 6 ‘‘(II) a local clinic. 7 ‘‘(ii) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT.—The 8 term ‘program participant’ means a partic- 9 ipant in the special supplemental nutrition 10 program under this section. 11 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 12 year after the date of enactment of this para- 13 graph, the Secretary shall establish a program 14 to make grants to eligible entities to enhance 15 collaboration among— 16 ‘‘(i) the eligible entities and commu- 17 nity health partners, including health care 18 providers, social services programs, and 19 early childhood learning and care pro- 20 viders— 21 ‘‘(I) to establish linkages between 22 the eligible entities and those part- 23 ners, such as through participation in 24 community coalitions; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:16 Feb 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3354.IS S3354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3354 IS ‘‘(II) to facilitate referrals among 1 the eligible entities and those part- 2 ners; 3 ‘‘(III) to implement evidence- 4 based strategies to improve the health 5 of communities, conduct outreach to 6 existing and potential program par- 7 ticipants, and promote breastfeeding 8 and access to healthy foods; and 9 ‘‘(IV) to increase awareness 10 among those partners and existing 11 and potential program participants of 12 the eligibility requirements for, and 13 health benefits of, the program, as ap- 14 plicable; and 15 ‘‘(ii) the eligible entities and health 16 care providers such as pediatricians, obste- 17 tricians-gynecologists, family physicians, 18 advance practice nurses, nurse midwives, 19 community health centers, health depart- 20 ments, hospitals, and rural health clinics— 21 ‘‘(I) to facilitate and improve ac- 22 cess to comprehensive prenatal, post- 23 natal, and postpartum care for pro- 24 gram participants; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:16 Feb 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3354.IS S3354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 3354 IS ‘‘(II) to facilitate certification of 1 eligibility of persons for participation 2 in the program and provision of pro- 3 gram benefits at the hospital bedside 4 for eligible postpartum women and in- 5 fants; 6 ‘‘(III) to improve the coordina- 7 tion, quality, and cost effectiveness of 8 health care services; 9 ‘‘(IV) to improve the sharing of 10 information necessary to establish nu- 11 tritional risk; and 12 ‘‘(V) to ensure consistent nutri- 13 tion education and breastfeeding mes- 14 sages are provided to program partici- 15 pants. 16 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to re- 17 ceive a grant under this paragraph, an eligible 18 entity shall submit an application to the Sec- 19 retary at such time, in such manner, and con- 20 taining such information as the Secretary may 21 require. 22 ‘‘(D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- 23 TIONS.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:16 Feb 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3354.IS S3354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •S 3354 IS ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds au- 1 thorized to be appropriated under sub- 2 section (g)(1)(A), the Secretary shall use 3 to carry out this paragraph $15,000,000 4 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 5 2025. 6 ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENT.—The amount 7 specified in clause (i) shall be adjusted an- 8 nually for inflation by the same factor used 9 to determine the national average per par- 10 ticipant grant for nutrition services and 11 administration for the fiscal year under 12 paragraph (1)(B).’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:16 Feb 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3354.IS S3354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS