3.0.0 4441 2023-01-11T13:45:20Z 2023-01-11T13:45:20Z Senate S 2020-08-05 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-05T17:35:43Z CAHOOTS Act 116 7961 HR 2020-08-07 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2020-08-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-08-05 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-09-09 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-11-30 False Health Community life and organization Congressional oversight Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency communications systems Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Health 00 2020-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-30T22:26:21Z Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets Act or the CAHOOTS Act

This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain community-based mobile crisis intervention services for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance-use disorder crisis outside of a facility setting.

Among other requirements, such services must be (1) provided by multidisciplinary teams composed of behavioral health professionals who are trained in trauma care and de-escalation techniques, (2) available 24-7, and (3) voluntary for the individual experiencing the mental health or substance-use disorder crisis.

The bill provides an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such services, as well as specified funds for state planning and evaluation grants.

]]> CAHOOTS Act Display Title CAHOOTS Act Short Title(s) as Introduced CAHOOTS Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage State Medicaid programs to provide community-based mobile crisis intervention services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4441is/xml/BILLS-116s4441is.xml 2020-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.