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Senate Bill 3864
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Supporting Children's Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022
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Introduced in Senate on Mar 17, 2022
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S. 3864 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3864


To improve the pediatric mental health care access grant program.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 17, 2022

Mr. Murphy (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To improve the pediatric mental health care access grant program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Supporting Children's Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022”.

SEC. 2. Pediatric mental health care access grants.

Section 330M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–19) is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in subparagraph (G)—

(I) by inserting “developmental-behavioral pediatricians,” after “adolescent psychiatrists,”; and

(II) by inserting “, and which may include addiction specialists,” after “mental health counselors”;

(ii) in subparagraph (H), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;

(iii) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and

(iv) by adding at the end the following:

“(J) maintain an up-to-date list of community-based supports for children with mental health problems.”;

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “, and which may include a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and an addiction specialist” before the period at the end of the first sentence; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(3) SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS.—In addition to the required activities specified in paragraph (1), a statewide or regional network of pediatric mental health teams referred to in subsection (a), with respect to which a grant under such subsection may be used, may provide support to schools and emergency departments.”;

(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h);

(3) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:

“(g) Technical assistance.—The Secretary may award a grant to an eligible entity for purposes of providing technical assistance to recipients of grants under subsection (a).”; and

(4) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by striking “$9,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022” and inserting “such sums as may be necessary for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2027”.