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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7186 

To provide for the integration of participant treatment within the Continuum 

of Care Program with Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2024 

Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. ISSA, Mr. VALADAO, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, 

Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. WILLIAMS of New York) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To provide for the integration of participant treatment within 

the Continuum of Care Program with Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treatment and Home5 lessness Housing Integration Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITION OF TREATMENT. 

7 Section 425 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist8 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11385) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘and behav2 ioral health, mental health, substance use disorder 

3 treatment’’ after ‘‘supportive services’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(f) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND

6 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Behavioral health, mental 

8 health, and substance use disorder treatment shall, 

9 to the degree practicable, be provided to qualified 

10 program participants and may include— 

11 ‘‘(A) crisis behavioral health services; 

12 ‘‘(B) screening, assessment, and diagnosis; 

13 ‘‘(C) outpatient mental health and sub14 stance use services; 

15 ‘‘(D) targeted case management services; 

16 ‘‘(E) psychiatric rehabilitation services; 

17 ‘‘(F) in the case of veterans, intensive, 

18 community-based mental healthcare; and 

19 ‘‘(G) other treatments provided through a 

20 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic 

21 program. 

22 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED PARTICIPANT DEFINED.—In 

23 this subsection, the term ‘qualified participant’ 

24 means an individual or family member that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) receives supportive housing, including 

2 Rapid Re-Housing, Permanent Supportive 

3 Housing, or any other type of housing assist4 ance through the Continuum of Care Program; 

5 ‘‘(B) has qualified for supportive housing 

6 through receipt of Supplemental Security In7 come or Social Security Disability Income bene8 fits; or 

9 ‘‘(C) is considered a homeless individual 

10 with a disability as defined in section 401.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. INTEGRATION OF TREATMENT. 

12 Section 426 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist13 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386) is amended by adding at the 

14 end the following: 

15 ‘‘(h) INTEGRATION OF TREATMENT.—Each recipient 

16 or project sponsor shall, to the degree practicable, with 

17 respect to each homeless individual or homeless family re18 siding in a project that provides supportive housing, inte19 grate treatment for qualified participants with a regional 

20 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic to provide 

21 behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder 

22 treatment for such individual or family if— 

23 ‘‘(1) there is a Certified Community Behavioral 

24 Health Clinic within 50 miles of the project and 


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1 such clinic serves participants of the Continuum of 

2 Care Program; and 

3 ‘‘(2) the participant qualified to reside in the 

4 project through the receipt of benefits paid through 

5 the Supplemental Security Income program or the 

6 Social Security Disability Insurance program.’’. 

7 SEC. 4. ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS. 

8 Section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist9 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘(h) SET-ASIDE FOR INTEGRATION WITH CERTIFIED

12 COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 2 percent of 

14 the amounts made available to carry out this subtitle 

15 each year shall be used to facilitate integration with 

16 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics with 

17 respect to behavioral health, mental health, sub18 stance use disorder treatment for individuals and 

19 families who qualify for supportive housing through 

20 Supplemental Security Income or the Social Security 

21 Disability Insurance program. 

22 ‘‘(2) INCENTIVES.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out the amounts set 

24 aside in paragraph (1), the Secretary may pro25 vide bonuses or other incentives to projects loVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:45 Feb 08, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7186.IH H7186

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1 cated in areas where there are high numbers of 

2 homeless individuals, as reported in the most 

3 recent point in time count for the region in 

4 which the project is located. 

5 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to 

7 the bonuses and incentives described in 

8 subparagraph (A), the Secretary may pro9 vide $500,000 or more for each 1,000 

10 homeless individuals in the area in which 

11 the project is located. 

12 ‘‘(ii) CAPS.—Notwithstanding clause 

13 (i), the Secretary may not provide— 

14 ‘‘(I) more than $2,000,000 to 

15 any 1 project; or 

16 ‘‘(II) more than $5,000,000 in 

17 the aggregate to projects in a single 

18 region.’’. 

19 SEC. 5. EXEMPTION. 

20 Section 425(e) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As21 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11385(e)) is amended by adding 

22 at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.—The requirements described 

24 in this subsection may not be applied if the applica25 tion for assistance under this subtitle that includes 


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1 the provision of outpatient health services also de2 scribes a plan to provide such services through a 

3 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.’’. 

4 SEC. 6. REPORT. 

5 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

6 shall, not later 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

7 this Act, and every year there after for 5 years, submit 

8 to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

9 Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

10 and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that describes 

11 the progress the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel12 opment has made with respect to implementing the 

13 amendments made under this Act. 

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