Sec. 4. Increasing access to behavioral health care through community health centers
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Section 330(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)(A)(i)— in subclause (IV), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subclause (V), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services; ; in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by inserting , including such referrals to certified community behavioral health centers before the semicolon; and in paragraph (2)— by striking subparagraph (A); and by redesignating subparagraphs
(B)through
(D)as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively. For purposes of assisting health centers in incorporating behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services into the required primary health services offered by such centers, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until expended. Not later than 1 year after the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to Congress on— the impact that the amendments made by paragraph
(1)has had on access to behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services; and employee recruitment and retention for behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder providers, including for health centers, certified community behavioral health centers, and other community care settings. Section 10503 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2 ) is amended— in subsection (b)(1)— in subparagraph (E), by striking and at the end; and by adding at the end the following: $130,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. The Secretary shall ensure that not less than 50 percent of the amounts appropriated under subsection (b)(1) for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter are awarded to entities for use with respect to projects or sites located in or serving communities with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal and Indigenous communities that experience, or are at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects. No amounts made available under this section may be used for any activity that is subject to the reporting requirements set forth in section 203(a) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ( 29 U.S.C. 433(a) ). .
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Increasing access to behavioral health care through community health centers
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