The Senates massive bipartisan opioid legislation package, which passed by a vote of 98-1 earlier this month, was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Together we are going to end the scourge of drug addiction in America, Trump said. We are going to end it or we are at least going to make a big dent into this terrible, terrible problem.

The bill comes a year after Trump declared the opioid crisis to be a national emergency. More than 72,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2017, with 50,000 of those deaths attributed to opioids.

The most high-profile aspects of the bipartisan bill dealt directly with the drugs, including a provision to make it easier for nurses to prescribe buprenorphine, a narcotic that can be used to treat addiction, and a plan to require the U.S. Postal Service to screen international packages for the synthetic opioid fentanyl a driving force in the U.S. opioid epidemic that is often imported from China, Mexico and other countries.

Less discussed in coverage of the 660-page package was a handful of provisions that would specifically address how opioid use has affected children and families, which experts say could foster more understanding of childhood trauma and intergenerational addiction.

The new policies seek to increase support for parents with addiction, for former foster kids and for babies who are prenatally exposed to opioids. Other policies focus on better understanding the link between trauma and addiction, and using that data to design better treatments to mitigate the negative effects of childhood trauma.

It recognizes that families are impacted and that many people who need substance use treatment are themselves parents, and have families to care for, said Patricia Cole, senior director of federal policy at the childrens health nonprofit Zero to Three.

We have to look at those family needs holistically, as opposed to just zeroing in only on the substance use.

Heres a breakdown of some of the key provisions aimed at supporting families and kids.