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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8892 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a public 
outreach campaign to inform individuals covered under a group health 
plan or group or individual health insurance coverage of Federal require-
ments relating to mental health and substance use disorder crisis services, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 
Ms. SEWELL (for herself, Mr. LAHOOD, and Mr. KUSTOFF) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Edu-
cation and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
conduct a public outreach campaign to inform individuals 
covered under a group health plan or group or individual 
health insurance coverage of Federal requirements relat-
ing to mental health and substance use disorder crisis 
services, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Access to Mental 
Health Services Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OUTREACH AND REPORT ON ACCESS TO MENTAL 
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 
CRISIS SERVICES UNDER GROUP HEALTH 
PLANS AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE. 
(a) OUTREACH.—Not later than January 1, 2024, 
the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Labor, 
and the Treasury shall initiate a joint public outreach 
campaign to inform individuals covered under a group 
health plan or group or individual health insurance cov-
erage (as such terms are defined in section 2791 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91)) of Fed-
eral requirements relating to the availability of, and limi-
tations on the imposition of financial requirements or 
treatment limitations for, benefits for mental health and 
substance use disorder crisis services under such plans and 
coverages. Such outreach shall emphasize the benefits of 
such mental health and substance use disorder crisis serv-
ices, including improved individual well-being, and seek to 
reduce perceived stigma associated with accessing such 
mental health and substance use disorder crisis services. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2024, the 
Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Labor, and 
the Treasury shall submit to Congress a joint report on— 
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(1) coverage of mental health and substance use 
disorder crisis services under a group health plan or 
group or individual health insurance coverage, in-
cluding— 
(A) which mental health and substance use 
disorder services are covered as crisis services; 
(B) the type of health care providers fur-
nishing such services; and 
(C) common reimbursement approaches 
and billing codes used with respect to such serv-
ices; 
(2) barriers to individuals covered under a 
group health plan or group or individual health in-
surance coverage accessing mental health and sub-
stance use disorder crisis services, including geo-
graphic barriers and barriers caused by a limited 
availability of such mental health and substance use 
disorder crisis services in certain service areas; and 
(3) issues relating to unexpected bills such indi-
viduals may receive after being furnished such serv-
ices in certain service settings. 
(c) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, there is appropriated 
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$20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for pur-
poses of carrying out this section. 
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