[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 824 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 824

      To increase the number of States that may conduct Medicaid 
  demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health 
                               services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2019

   Ms. Stabenow (for herself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Ernst, Mr. 
 Wyden, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Klobuchar, and 
  Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
      To increase the number of States that may conduct Medicaid 
  demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health 
                               services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Excellence in Mental Health and 
Addiction Treatment Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

    Section 223(d) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 
U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``Not more than'' and inserting 
                ``Subject to paragraph (8), not more than''; and
                    (B) by striking ``2-year'' and inserting ``4-
                year''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Additional programs.--In addition to the 8 States 
        selected under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, not later 
        than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Excellence in 
        Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act, select 11 
        States (which shall not include any States selected under 
        paragraph (1)) to participate in 2-year demonstration programs 
        that meet the requirements of this subsection and represent a 
        diverse selection of geographic areas, including rural and 
        underserved areas.''.
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