(a) Funds distributed under this chapter shall be used by counties to fund residential and nonresidential alcohol and other drug treatment programs for pregnant women, postpartum women, and their children and to fund other support services directed at bringing pregnant and postpartum women into treatment and caring for alcohol and other drug exposed infants. Funds may also be used to provide case management services to alcohol and other drug abusing women and their children and special recruitment, training, and support services for foster care parents of substance exposed infants.
(b) In carrying out its responsibilities under this chapter, the office may include in its guidelines the special needs of pregnant women and postpartum women who are chemically dependent and who are in need of treatment services. These special needs include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Provision for medical services, which may include, but not be limited to, the following:
(A) Low-risk and high-risk prenatal care.
(B) Pediatric followup care, including preventive infant health care.
(C) Developmental followup care.
(D) Nutrition counseling.
(E) Methadone.
(F) Testing and counseling relating to AIDS.
(G) Monthly visits with a physician and surgeon who specializes in treating persons with chemical dependencies.
(2) Provision for nonmedical services, which may include, but not be limited to, the following:
(A) Case management.
(B) Individual or group counseling sessions, which occur at least once a week.
(C) Family counseling, including, but not limited to, counseling services for partners and children of the women.
(D) Health education services, including perinatal chemical dependency classes, addressing topics that include, but are not limited to, the effects of drugs on infants, AIDS, addiction in the family, child development, nutrition, self-esteem, and responsible decisionmaking.
(E) Parenting classes.
(F) Adequate child care for participating women.
(G) Encouragement of active participation and support by spouses, domestic partners, family members, and friends.
(H) Opportunities for a women-only treatment environment.
(I) Transportation to outpatient treatment programs.
(J) Followup services, which may include, but not be limited to, assistance with transition into housing in a drug-free environment.
(K) Child development services.
(L) Educational and vocational services for women.
(M) Weekly urine testing.
(N) Special recruitment, training, and support services for foster care parents of substance exposed infants.
(O) Outreach which reflects the cultural and ethnic diversity of the population served.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 36, Sec. 5. (SB 1014) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 36.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018