Sec. 2. Ensuring access to mental health services for children under the Children’s Health Insurance Program
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Section 2103(c)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: Mental health services and substance use disorder services (including behavioral health treatment). . Section 2103(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and
(8)as paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following new paragraph: The child health assistance provided to a targeted low-income child or pregnant woman shall— include coverage of mental health services necessary to prevent, diagnose, and treat a broad range of mental health symptoms and disorders, including substance use disorders; and be delivered in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. . Section 2103(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397cc(a) ) is amended, in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking paragraphs (5), (6), and
(7)and inserting paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and
(8). Section 2110(b)(5)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397ee(b)(5)(A)(i) ) is amended by striking subsection (c)(5) and inserting subsection (c)(6) . Section 2102(a)(7)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397bb(c)(2) ) is amended by striking section 2103(c)(5) and inserting paragraphs
(5)and
(6)of section 2103(c) . Subparagraph
(A)of paragraph
(7)of section 2103(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c) ) (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)) is amended to read as follows: A State child health plan shall ensure that the financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to mental health or substance use disorder benefits provided under such plan comply with the requirements of section 2705(a) of the Public Health Service Act in the same manner as such requirements or limitations apply to a group health plan under such section. . Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2017. In the case of a State child health plan under title XXI of the Social Security Act (or a waiver of such plan), which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation in order for the respective plan (or waiver) to meet any requirement imposed by the amendments made by this section, the respective plan (or waiver) shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet such an additional requirement before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this section. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
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Ensuring access to mental health services for children under the Children’s Health Insurance Program
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