117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To reauthorize the program for infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment.
December 15, 2022
Mr. Kaine (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To reauthorize the program for infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Investing in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Act”.
SEC. 2. Infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment.
Section 399Z–2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–6) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g);
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
“(f) Technical assistance.—The Secretary may, directly or by awarding grants or contracts to public and private nonprofit entities, provide training and technical assistance to eligible entities described in (d).”; and
(3) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by striking “$20,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022” and inserting “$50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2027”.