118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 5312Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2023

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to support women, infants, and children impacted by substance use disorder, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Aug 29, 2023
Last action Aug 29, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Aug 29, 2023
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Referred
Aug 29, 2023
Education and Workforce
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill modifies the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to add requirements for supporting individuals impacted by a substance use disorder. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and disseminate nutrition education materials for individuals impacted by a substance use disorder, including materials for infants impacted by prenatal substance exposure and neonatal abstinence syndrome;conduct outreach to individuals who are potentially eligible for the WIC program and who are impacted by such a disorder; andmake available to states through an onl...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 2 actions
Aug 29, 2023
Introduced in House
Aug 29, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.