Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7776
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5]
Introduced: 2020-07-24
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development

Child health

Mental health

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3906)

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Children's Mental Health Care Access Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes child care providers to use payments received through the Child Care and Development Fund for mental health supports for children in the provider's care and employees of the provider.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7776 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2020 Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To permit child care providers that receive payment for services provided under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to use a portion of such payment to purchase mental health supports necessary to protect the health of participating children and child care workers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act of 2020 . 2. Authority to purchase mental health supports to protect children who receive certain child care services A child care provider who receives payment for services provided under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) may use a portion of such payment to purchase mental health supports necessary to protect the health of children who receive such services and child care workers who provide such services.