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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Advancing Student Services In Schools Today Act or the ASSIST Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to increase the number of behavioral health providers in schools and school-based health centers. It also increases the federal government's share of Medicaid costs for behavioral health services furnished in those settings.</p>]]></text>
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