I 
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 Med-
icaid 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 
CLINIC SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID. 
(a) DEFINITION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 
1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (30), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (31) as 
paragraph (32); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (30) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(31) certified community behavioral health 
clinic services, as defined in subsection (jj); and’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(jj) CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 
CLINIC SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘certified commu-
nity behavioral health services’ means any of the fol-
lowing services when furnished to an individual as a 
patient of a certified community behavioral health 
clinic (as defined in paragraph (2)), in a manner re-
flecting person-centered care and which, if not avail-
able directly through a certified community behav-
ioral health clinic, may be provided or referred 
through formal relationships with other providers: 
‘‘(A) Crisis mental health services, includ-
ing 24-hour mobile crisis teams, emergency cri-
sis intervention services, and crisis stabilization. 
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‘‘(B) Screening, assessment, and diagnosis, 
including risk assessment. 
‘‘(C) Patient-centered treatment planning 
or similar processes, including risk assessment 
and crisis planning. 
‘‘(D) Outpatient mental health and sub-
stance use services. 
‘‘(E) Outpatient clinic primary care screen-
ing and monitoring of key health indicators and 
health risk. 
‘‘(F) Intensive case management services. 
‘‘(G) Psychiatric rehabilitation services. 
‘‘(H) Peer support and counselor services 
and family supports. 
‘‘(I) Intensive, community-based mental 
health care for members of the Armed Forces 
and veterans who are eligible for medical assist-
ance, particularly such members and veterans 
located in rural areas, provided the care is con-
sistent with minimum clinical mental health 
guidelines promulgated by the Veterans Health 
Administration, including clinical guidelines 
contained in the Uniform Mental Health Serv-
ices Handbook of such Administration. 
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‘‘(2) 
CERTIFIED
COMMUNITY
BEHAVIORAL 
HEALTH CLINIC.—The term ‘certified community be-
havioral health clinic’ means an organization that— 
‘‘(A) has been certified by a State as meet-
ing the criteria established by the Secretary 
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 223 of the 
Protecting Access to Medicare Act as of Janu-
ary 1, 2024, and any subsequent updates to 
such criteria, regardless of whether the State is 
carrying out a demonstration program under 
this title under subsection (d) of such section; 
‘‘(B) is engaged in furnishing all of the 
services described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(C) agrees, as a condition of the certifi-
cation described in subparagraph (A), to fur-
nish to the State or Secretary any data re-
quired as part of ongoing monitoring of the or-
ganization’s provision of services, including en-
counter data, clinical outcomes data, quality 
data, and such other data as the State or Sec-
retary may require.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to medical assistance 
furnished on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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