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Senators Look To Create Federal Funding For Opioid-Addicted Parents

(Washington, DC)  --  Two key senators are planning a law that would allow the use of federal foster-care funds to help opioid-addicted parents raise their children.  Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Orin Hatch of Utah are bringing up the law as senior members of the Senate Finance Committee.  Wyden cites a recent study from Reuters that found more than 100 preventable deaths of infants sent home with parents addicted to opioids.  The investigation found that a drug-dependent baby is born in the U.S. every 19 minutes.

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