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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7076 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the pediatric mental 

health care access grant program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 15, 2022 

Ms. SCHRIER (for herself and Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 

pediatric mental health care access grant 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Children’s 

5 Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS 

7 GRANTS. 

8 Section 330M of the Public Health Service Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 254c–19) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the section enumerator, by striking 

2 ‘‘330M’’ and inserting ‘‘330M.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes and tribal 

5 organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribes 

6 and Tribal organizations’’; and 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘or, in the case of a State 

8 that does not submit an application, a nonprofit 

9 entity that has the support of the State’’ after 

10 ‘‘450b))’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (G), by inserting 

14 ‘‘developmental-behavioral pediatricians,’’ 

15 after ‘‘adolescent psychiatrists,’’; 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

17 ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a semi18 colon; 

19 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

20 (I) as subparagraph (J); and 

21 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

22 (H) the following: 

23 ‘‘(I) maintain an up-to-date list of commu24 nity-based supports for children with mental 

25 health problems; and’’; 


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1 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

2 paragraph (3); 

3 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(2) SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS AND EMERGENCY

6 DEPARTMENTS.—In addition to the required activi7 ties specified in paragraph (1), a statewide or re8 gional network of pediatric mental health teams re9 ferred to in subsection (a), with respect to which a 

10 grant under such subsection may be used, may pro11 vide support to schools and emergency depart12 ments.’’; and 

13 (D) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 

14 subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘Such a team 

15 may include a developmental-behavioral pedia16 trician.’’ after ‘‘mental health counselor.’’; 

17 (4) in subsections (c), (d), and (f), by striking 

18 ‘‘Indian tribe, or tribal organization’’ each place it 

19 appears and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribe, Tribal organi20 zation, or nonprofit entity’’; and 

21 (5) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

24 award grants or contracts to one or more eligible entities 

25 (as defined by the Secretary) for the purposes of providing 


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1 technical assistance and evaluation support to grantees 

2 under subsection (a). 

3 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

4 carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro5 priated— 

6 ‘‘(1) $14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

7 through 2025; and 

8 ‘‘(2) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 

9 through 2027.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH 

11 PROMOTION, INTERVENTION, AND TREAT12 MENT. 

13 Section 399Z–2(f) of the Public Health Service Act 

14 (42 U.S.C. 280h–6(f)) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘$20,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 

16 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

17 years 2023 through 2027’’. 

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