FOSTER Act
H.R. 6283119th Congress

FOSTER Act

Introduced in the HouseRep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10)21 sections · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in House · Nov 21, 2025

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Furthering Opioid Services, Training, and Education Resources Act or the FOSTER Act.

(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).

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