MODEL PROJECTS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.

SEC. 2054. MODEL PROJECTS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.), as amended by section 2053 of this chapter, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: “model projects for pregnant and post partum women and their infants“Sec. 509F. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office, shall make grants to establish projects for prevention, education, and treatment regarding drug and alcohol abuse relating to pregnant and post partum women and their infants. “(b) In making grants under subsection (a), the Director of the Office shall give priority to projects— “(1) for low-income women and their infants; and “(2) designed to develop innovative approaches to prevention, education, and treatment regarding the use of the drugs with respect to which there exists insufficient information (including cocaine and the cocaine derivative known as crack). “(c) In making grants under subsection (a) for projects that provide treatment, the Director of the Office shall ensure that grants are reasonably distributed among projects that provide inpatient, outpatient, and residential treatment. “(d) The Director of the Office may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless— “(1) an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary; “(2) with respect to carrying out the purpose for which the grant is to be made, the application provides assurances of compliance satisfactory to the Secretary; and “(3) the application otherwise is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the Director of the Office determines to be necessary to carry out this section. “(e) The Director of the Office shall evaluate projects conducted with grants under this section.”.