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PA: Law keeps some drug-exposed infants off child welfare radar, advocates say (Includes video)

July 27, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway

PA: Law keeps some drug-exposed infants off child welfare radar, advocates say (Includes video)
Bucks County Courier Times – July 26, 2017
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services interpreted the federal mandate to apply only to babies whose mothers took illegal drugs or misused prescription drugs during pregnancy. As a result, health care providers aren’t required to report drug-exposed babies born to mothers who were legally prescribed narcotics – like oxycodone or heroin -replacement drugs like methadone – if they took them as directed under medical supervision.
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/born-into-addiction/pennsylvania-law-keeps-some-drug-exposed-infants-off-child-welfare/article_8b4d99d0-397c-11e7-a45b-e33871830470.html

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