Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-1767
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-03-14
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions

Health programs administration and funding

Medicaid

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act</b></p> <p>This bill increases the number of states that may participate in two-year Medicaid demonstration programs that improve access to community mental health services. It also extends the two-year term&nbsp;for existing state demonstration programs by two years.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1767 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2019 Ms. Matsui (for herself, Mr. Mullin , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Cole , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. DeFazio , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Emmer , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Gottheimer , Mr. Higgins of New York , Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma , Mr. Katko , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. King of New York , Mr. Luetkemeyer , Mr. Luján , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Ms. McCollum , Ms. Meng , Mr. Peterson , Miss Rice of New York , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Serrano , Mr. Sires , Mr. Stauber , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Tonko , and Ms. Wild ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To increase the number of States that may conduct Medicaid demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act . 2. Community mental health services demonstration program Section 223(d) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking Not more than and inserting Subject to paragraph (8), not more than ; and (B) by striking 2-year and inserting 4-year ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (8) Additional programs In addition to the 8 States selected under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act, select 11 States (which shall not include any States selected under paragraph (1)) to participate in 2-year demonstration programs, that meet the requirements of this subsection, and represent a diverse selection of geographic areas, including rural and underserved areas. .