[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4943 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4943

     To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to 
children's hospitals for increasing their capacity to provide pediatric 
          behavioral health services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 2021

 Ms. Blunt Rochester (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to 
children's hospitals for increasing their capacity to provide pediatric 
          behavioral health services, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Children's Mental Health 
Infrastructure Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN PEDIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 
              SERVICES.

     Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b et seq.) is amended by inserting after subpart V the following new 
subpart:

  ``Subpart VI--Increasing Investment in Pediatric Behavioral Health 
                                Services

``SEC. 340A-1. GRANTS TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator 
of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall make grants 
to eligible entities for the purpose of improving their ability to 
provide pediatric behavioral health services, including by--
            ``(1) constructing or modernizing sites of care for 
        pediatric behavioral health services;
            ``(2) expanding capacity to provide pediatric behavioral 
        health services, including enhancements to digital 
        infrastructure, telehealth capabilities, or other improvements 
        to patient care infrastructure; and
            ``(3) supporting the reallocation of existing resources to 
        accommodate pediatric behavioral health patients, including 
        by--
                    ``(A) converting or adding a sufficient number of 
                beds to establish or increase the hospital's inventory 
                of licensed and operational, short-term psychiatric and 
                substance use inpatient beds; and
                    ``(B) ensuring compliance with safety standards.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to seek a grant under this 
section, an entity shall be a hospital that predominantly treats 
individuals under the age of 21, including any hospital that receives 
funds under section 340E.
    ``(c) Funding.--To carry out this section, there is hereby 
appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise obligated, 
$2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.''.
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