(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘and behav-
ioral health, mental health, substance use disorder 
treatment’’ after ‘‘supportive services’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND 
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Behavioral health, mental 
health, and substance use disorder treatment shall, 
to the degree practicable, be provided to qualified 
program participants and may include— 
‘‘(A) crisis behavioral health services; 
‘‘(B) screening, assessment, and diagnosis; 
‘‘(C) outpatient mental health and sub-
stance use services; 
‘‘(D) targeted case management services; 
‘‘(E) psychiatric rehabilitation services; 
‘‘(F) in the case of veterans, intensive, 
community-based mental healthcare; and 
‘‘(G) other treatments provided through a 
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic 
program. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
PARTICIPANT
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘qualified participant’ 
means an individual or family member that— 
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‘‘(A) receives supportive housing, including 
Rapid 
Re-Housing, 
Permanent 
Supportive 
Housing, or any other type of housing assist-
ance through the Continuum of Care Program; 
‘‘(B) has qualified for supportive housing 
through receipt of Supplemental Security In-
come or Social Security Disability Income bene-
fits; or 
‘‘(C) is considered a homeless individual 
with a disability as defined in section 401.’’. 
SEC. 3. INTEGRATION OF TREATMENT. 
Section 426 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(h) INTEGRATION OF TREATMENT.—Each recipient 
or project sponsor shall, to the degree practicable, with 
respect to each homeless individual or homeless family re-
siding in a project that provides supportive housing, inte-
grate treatment for qualified participants with a regional 
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic to provide 
behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder 
treatment for such individual or family if— 
‘‘(1) there is a Certified Community Behavioral 
Health Clinic within 50 miles of the project and 
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such clinic serves participants of the Continuum of 
Care Program; and 
‘‘(2) the participant qualified to reside in the 
project through the receipt of benefits paid through 
the Supplemental Security Income program or the 
Social Security Disability Insurance program.’’. 
SEC. 4. ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS. 
Section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(h) SET-ASIDE FOR INTEGRATION WITH CERTIFIED 
COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 2 percent of 
the amounts made available to carry out this subtitle 
each year shall be used to facilitate integration with 
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics with 
respect to behavioral health, mental health, sub-
stance use disorder treatment for individuals and 
families who qualify for supportive housing through 
Supplemental Security Income or the Social Security 
Disability Insurance program. 
‘‘(2) INCENTIVES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out the amounts set 
aside in paragraph (1), the Secretary may pro-
vide bonuses or other incentives to projects lo-
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cated in areas where there are high numbers of 
homeless individuals, as reported in the most 
recent point in time count for the region in 
which the project is located. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to 
the bonuses and incentives described in 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary may pro-
vide $500,000 or more for each 1,000 
homeless individuals in the area in which 
the project is located. 
‘‘(ii) CAPS.—Notwithstanding clause 
(i), the Secretary may not provide— 
‘‘(I) more than $2,000,000 to 
any 1 project; or 
‘‘(II) more than $5,000,000 in 
the aggregate to projects in a single 
region.’’. 
SEC. 5. EXEMPTION. 
Section 425(e) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11385(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.—The requirements described 
in this subsection may not be applied if the applica-
tion for assistance under this subtitle that includes 
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the provision of outpatient health services also de-
scribes a plan to provide such services through a 
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.’’. 
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall, not later 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and every year there after for 5 years, submit 
to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that describes 
the progress the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment has made with respect to implementing the 
amendments made under this Act. 
Æ 
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