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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7545 

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include certified community 

behavioral health clinic services as a State plan option under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Ms. MATSUI (for herself and Mr. BUCSHON) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include 

certified community behavioral health clinic services as 

a State plan option under the Medicaid program, 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. CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 

4 CLINIC SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID. 

5 (a) DEFINITION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 

6 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (30), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

2 and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (B) by redesignating paragraph (31) as 

4 paragraph (32); and 

5 (C) by inserting after paragraph (30) the 

6 following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(31) certified community behavioral health 

8 clinic services, as defined in subsection (jj); and’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(jj) CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

13 CLINIC SERVICES.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘certified commu15 nity behavioral health services’ means any of the fol16 lowing services when furnished to an individual as a 

17 patient of a certified community behavioral health 

18 clinic (as defined in paragraph (2)), in a manner re19 flecting person-centered care and which, if not avail20 able directly through a certified community behav21 ioral health clinic, may be provided or referred 

22 through formal relationships with other providers: 

23 ‘‘(A) Crisis mental health services, includ24 ing 24-hour mobile crisis teams, emergency cri25 sis intervention services, and crisis stabilization. 


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1 ‘‘(B) Screening, assessment, and diagnosis, 

2 including risk assessment. 

3 ‘‘(C) Patient-centered treatment planning 

4 or similar processes, including risk assessment 

5 and crisis planning. 

6 ‘‘(D) Outpatient mental health and sub7 stance use services. 

8 ‘‘(E) Outpatient clinic primary care screen9 ing and monitoring of key health indicators and 

10 health risk. 

11 ‘‘(F) Intensive case management services. 

12 ‘‘(G) Psychiatric rehabilitation services. 

13 ‘‘(H) Peer support and counselor services 

14 and family supports. 

15 ‘‘(I) Intensive, community-based mental 

16 health care for members of the Armed Forces 

17 and veterans who are eligible for medical assist18 ance, particularly such members and veterans 

19 located in rural areas, provided the care is con20 sistent with minimum clinical mental health 

21 guidelines promulgated by the Veterans Health 

22 Administration, including clinical guidelines 

23 contained in the Uniform Mental Health Serv24 ices Handbook of such Administration. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL

2 HEALTH CLINIC.—The term ‘certified community be3 havioral health clinic’ means an organization that— 

4 ‘‘(A) has been certified by a State as meet5 ing the criteria established by the Secretary 

6 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 223 of the 

7 Protecting Access to Medicare Act as of Janu8 ary 1, 2024, and any subsequent updates to 

9 such criteria, regardless of whether the State is 

10 carrying out a demonstration program under 

11 this title under subsection (d) of such section; 

12 ‘‘(B) is engaged in furnishing all of the 

13 services described in paragraph (1); and 

14 ‘‘(C) agrees, as a condition of the certifi15 cation described in subparagraph (A), to fur16 nish to the State or Secretary any data re17 quired as part of ongoing monitoring of the or18 ganization’s provision of services, including en19 counter data, clinical outcomes data, quality 

20 data, and such other data as the State or Sec21 retary may require.’’. 

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

23 this section shall apply with respect to medical assistance 

24 furnished on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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