Title: Community Health Center Mental Health Screening Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Community Health Center Mental Health Screening Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants for mental and behavioral health screenings and mental health services to federally qualified health centers.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 523 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 523

 To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
  Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to Federally 
    qualified health centers for purposes of conducting mental and 
         behavioral health screenings, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2021

Ms. Dean (for herself and Ms. Blunt Rochester) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
  Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to Federally 
    qualified health centers for purposes of conducting mental and 
         behavioral health screenings, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Health Center Mental 
Health Screening Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS FOR MENTAL AND 
              BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCREENINGS.

    Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(s) Mental and Behavioral Screening Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services may award grants to Federally qualified health centers 
        (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act) for 
        purposes of--
                    ``(A) purchasing equipment and supplies to conduct 
                mental and behavioral health screenings or provide 
                mental health services;
                    ``(B) hiring and training personnel to conduct such 
                mental and behavioral health screenings or provide 
                mental health services; and
                    ``(C) assisting patients with out of pocket costs 
                associated with such mental and behavioral health 
                screenings or mental health services.
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, in 
        addition to any funds authorized to be appropriated or 
        appropriated for health centers under any other subsection of 
        this section, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
        2027.''.
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