SECTION 1. REQUIRING CMI TESTING OF INCENTIVE PAY-
MENTS 
FOR 
BEHAVIORAL 
HEALTH 
PRO-
VIDERS AND CERTAIN OTHER PROVIDERS 
FOR ADOPTION AND USE OF CERTIFIED 
ELECTRONIC 
HEALTH 
RECORD 
TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1115A(b)(2) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315a(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, except 
that the models selected under this subparagraph 
shall include the models described in subparagraph 
(B)(xxv) (with policy decisions regarding the scale of 
funding, number of behavioral health provider par-
ticipants, and the length of the demonstration pro-
gram to be determined by the Secretary)’’ after 
‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(xxv), by striking ‘‘to 
improve quality and coordination’’ and inserting 
‘‘and implementing interoperability projects provi-
sions to improve the integration, quality, and coordi-
nation pursuant to Section 4003 of the 21st Century 
Cures Act’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following flush left 
matter: 
‘‘Behavioral health providers participating in 
models authorized under clause (xxv) shall not 
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be eligible for health information technology in-
centive payments unless these providers dem-
onstrate (through a process specified by the 
Secretary (such as the use of attestation)) that 
they have acquired health information systems 
that meet the 2015 Office of the National Coor-
dinator certification standards and that such 
systems are fully compliant with regulations 
specified in the Interoperability and Patient Ac-
cess Rule (42 C.F.R. 485; 45 C.F.R. 156).’’. 
(b) BEHAVIORAL IT STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT.— 
In 
developing 
models 
described 
in 
section 
1115A(b)(2)(B)(xxv) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1315a(b)(2)(B)(xxv)), the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall, acting through the Assistant Sec-
retary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Di-
rector of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information and in consultation with appropriate stake-
holders, develop voluntary standards for behavioral health 
information technology that address issues such as pri-
vacy, minimum clinical data standards, and sharing rel-
evant patient health data across the behavioral health 
care, primary health care, and specialty health care sys-
tems. 
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(c) FUNDING.—Section 1115A(f)(1) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1315a(f)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) in addition to any amounts made 
available 
under 
subparagraph 
(B), 
$250,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2023 through 2025 for purposes of carrying out 
the 
model 
described 
in 
subsection 
(b)(2)(B)(xxv).’’. 
Æ 
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