CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act

Bill: 117-s-3596
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-02-08
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health promotion and preventive care

Poverty and welfare assistance

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-22
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act</b></p> <p>This bill excludes expenditures relating to initiatives for school behavioral health services from the administrative spending cap under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). </p> <p>Currently, states may use up to 10% of their total federal CHIP expenditures on outreach, health services initiatives, and certain other activities (i.e., nonbenefit expenditures). The bill excludes health services initiatives relating to school behavioral health services from this limitation; expenditures for these and other nonbenefit expenditures may not exceed 15% of total expenditures.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3596 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 8 (legislative day, February 3), 2022 Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Menendez ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to disregard State expenditures on health services initiatives to increase access to behavioral health services for children in schools for purposes of the reimbursement limitation on expenditures under the Children's Health Insurance Program that are not related to Medicaid or health insurance assistance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act . 2. Disregard of State expenditures on health services initiatives to increase access to behavioral health services for children in schools for purposes of the CHIP reimbursement limitation on expenditures not used for medicaid or health insurance assistance Section 2105(c)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) Disregard of expenditures for health services initiative for behavioral health services in schools (i) In general Beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this subparagraph (or, if earlier, the fiscal year in which guidance issued by the Secretary to implement this subparagraph takes effect), the amount of any expenditures described in clause (ii) for a fiscal year shall be disregarded for purposes of applying the limitation under subparagraph (A) for such fiscal year, except that in no case shall the amount of payment that may be made under subsection (a) for a fiscal year for expenditures subject to such limitation (including expenditures described in clause (ii)) exceed 15 percent. (ii) Expenditures described Expenditures described in this clause are expenditures by a State to implement or operate a health services initiative under the State child health plan under this title that would improve the health of children by increasing access to behavioral health services in schools. .