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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2069 

To expand the Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration program and to authorize funding for additional grants to 

certified community behavioral health clinics. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 15, 2021 

Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. DAINES, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. ERNST, Ms. SMITH, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To expand the Medicaid certified community behavioral 

health clinic demonstration program and to authorize 

funding for additional grants to certified community behavioral health clinics. 

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 ‘‘Excellence in Mental 

5 Health and Addiction Treatment Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH 

2 SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

3 Section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act 

4 of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

6 following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(3) PLANNING GRANTS FOR ADDITIONAL

8 STATES.—In addition to the planning grants award9 ed under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall award 

10 planning grants to States (other than States selected 

11 to conduct demonstration programs under paragraph 

12 (1) or (8) of subsection (d)) for the purpose of devel13 oping proposals to participate in time-limited dem14 onstration programs described in subsection (d).’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (d)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Subject 

17 to paragraph (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 

18 paragraphs (8) and (9)’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (5)(C)(iii)(II), by insert20 ing ‘‘or paragraph (9)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (8)’’; 

21 (C) in paragraph (7)— 

22 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

23 ‘‘through the year in which the last dem24 onstration under this section ends’’ after 

25 ‘‘annually thereafter’’; 

26 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘December 31, 

2 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

3 2023’’; and 

4 (II) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Such rec6 ommendations shall include data col7 lected after 2019.’’; and 

8 (iii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing new subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(C) FINAL EVALUATION.—Not later than 

11 18 months after all demonstration programs 

12 under this section have ended, the Secretary 

13 shall submit to Congress a final evaluation of 

14 such programs.’’; and 

15 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

16 paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(9) FURTHER ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS.—In 

18 addition to the States selected under paragraphs (1) 

19 and (8), the Secretary shall select any State that 

20 submits an application that includes such informa21 tion as the Secretary shall require to conduct a dem22 onstration program that meets the requirements of 

23 this subsection for 2 years or through September 30, 

24 2023, whichever is longer.’’; and 


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1 (3) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, and 

2 $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2021’’ before the period. 

3 SEC. 3. CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 

4 CLINIC EXPANSION GRANTS. 

5 Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 553. CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 

9 CLINIC EXPANSION GRANTS. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall 

11 award grants to communities and community organiza12 tions that meet the criteria for certified community behav13 ioral health clinics under section 223(a) of the Protecting 

14 Access to Medicare Act A of 2014. Grants awarded under 

15 this subsection shall be for a period of not more than 5 

16 years. 

17 ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Assistant Sec18 retary may provide appropriate information, training, and 

19 technical assistance through appropriate contract proce20 dures to entities receiving grants under subsection (a), or 

21 to health or social service providers pursuing certified 

22 community behavioral health clinics status or partnering 

23 with certified community behavioral health clinics, State 

24 policymakers considering certified community behavioral 

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1 gram, and other stakeholders to facilitate successful imple2 mentation of the certification model. 

3 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) GRANT PROGRAM.—For purposes of 

5 awarding grants under subsection (a), there is au6 thorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for the pe7 riod of fiscal years 2022 through 2024. 

8 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—For purposes 

9 of carrying out the technical assistance program 

10 under subsection (b), there are authorized to be ap11 propriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

12 through 2026.’’. 

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