Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Act of 2021

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2069 To expand the Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic dem- onstration program and to authorize funding for additional grants to certified community behavioral health clinics. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 15, 2021 Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. DAINES, Ms. COR- TEZ MASTO, Ms. ERNST, Ms. SMITH, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Fi- nance A BILL To expand the Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration program and to authorize funding for additional grants to certified community be- havioral health clinics. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Excellence in Mental 4 Health and Addiction Treatment Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2069.IS S2069 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2069 IS SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH 1 SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 2 Section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act 3 of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended— 4 (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 5 following new paragraph: 6 ‘‘(3) PLANNING GRANTS FOR ADDITIONAL 7 STATES.—In addition to the planning grants award- 8 ed under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall award 9 planning grants to States (other than States selected 10 to conduct demonstration programs under paragraph 11 (1) or (8) of subsection (d)) for the purpose of devel- 12 oping proposals to participate in time-limited dem- 13 onstration programs described in subsection (d).’’; 14 (2) in subsection (d)— 15 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Subject 16 to paragraph (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 17 paragraphs (8) and (9)’’; 18 (B) in paragraph (5)(C)(iii)(II), by insert- 19 ing ‘‘or paragraph (9)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (8)’’; 20 (C) in paragraph (7)— 21 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 22 ‘‘through the year in which the last dem- 23 onstration under this section ends’’ after 24 ‘‘annually thereafter’’; 25 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2069.IS S2069 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2069 IS (I) by striking ‘‘December 31, 1 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2 2023’’; and 3 (II) by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Such rec- 5 ommendations shall include data col- 6 lected after 2019.’’; and 7 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 8 lowing new subparagraph: 9 ‘‘(C) FINAL EVALUATION.—Not later than 10 18 months after all demonstration programs 11 under this section have ended, the Secretary 12 shall submit to Congress a final evaluation of 13 such programs.’’; and 14 (D) by adding at the end the following new 15 paragraph: 16 ‘‘(9) FURTHER ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS.—In 17 addition to the States selected under paragraphs (1) 18 and (8), the Secretary shall select any State that 19 submits an application that includes such informa- 20 tion as the Secretary shall require to conduct a dem- 21 onstration program that meets the requirements of 22 this subsection for 2 years or through September 30, 23 2023, whichever is longer.’’; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2069.IS S2069 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 2069 IS (3) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, and 1 $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2021’’ before the period. 2 SEC. 3. CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 3 CLINIC EXPANSION GRANTS. 4 Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act 5 (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the 6 end the following: 7 ‘‘SEC. 553. CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 8 CLINIC EXPANSION GRANTS. 9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall 10 award grants to communities and community organiza- 11 tions that meet the criteria for certified community behav- 12 ioral health clinics under section 223(a) of the Protecting 13 Access to Medicare Act A of 2014. Grants awarded under 14 this subsection shall be for a period of not more than 5 15 years. 16 ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Assistant Sec- 17 retary may provide appropriate information, training, and 18 technical assistance through appropriate contract proce- 19 dures to entities receiving grants under subsection (a), or 20 to health or social service providers pursuing certified 21 community behavioral health clinics status or partnering 22 with certified community behavioral health clinics, State 23 policymakers considering certified community behavioral 24 health clinics implementation under the Medicaid pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2069.IS S2069 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •S 2069 IS gram, and other stakeholders to facilitate successful imple- 1 mentation of the certification model. 2 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 3 ‘‘(1) GRANT PROGRAM.—For purposes of 4 awarding grants under subsection (a), there is au- 5 thorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for the pe- 6 riod of fiscal years 2022 through 2024. 7 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—For purposes 8 of carrying out the technical assistance program 9 under subsection (b), there are authorized to be ap- 10 propriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 11 through 2026.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2069.IS S2069 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS