Investing in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Act

Bill: 117-s-5266
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2022-12-15
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7253-7254)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Investing in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Act</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 activities that support infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment programs. It also authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to provide, directly or through grants or contacts with nonprofits, training and technical assistance related to such programs.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5266 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 15, 2022 Mr. Kaine (for himself and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To reauthorize the program for infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Investing in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Act . 2. Infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment Section 399Z–2 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280h–6 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f) Technical assistance The Secretary may, directly or by awarding grants or contracts to public and private nonprofit entities, provide training and technical assistance to eligible entities described in (d). ; and (3) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by striking $20,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 and inserting $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 .