117 HR 7116 IH: 9–8–8 Implementation Act of 2022
U.S. House of Representatives
2022-03-17
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.
1.(a)This Act may be cited as the 9–8–8 Implementation Act of 2022
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title.Title I—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationSec. 101. Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office.Sec. 102. National suicide prevention lifeline program.Sec. 103. Regional and local lifeline call center program.Sec. 104. Evidence-based and best practice crisis care programs.Sec. 105. Mental Health Crisis Response Partnership Pilot Program.Sec. 106. National suicide prevention media campaign.Title II—Health Resources and Services AdministrationSec. 201. Health center capital grants.Sec. 202. Expanding behavioral health workforce training programs.Title III—Behavioral Health Crisis Services ExpansionSec. 301. Crisis response continuum of care.Sec. 302. Coverage of crisis response services.Sec. 303. Building the crisis continuum infrastructure.Sec. 304. Incident reporting.Title IV—Medicaid amendmentsSec. 401. Revisions to the State option to provide qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services and other services under State plans under the Medicaid program.Sec. 402. Revisions to the IMD exclusion under Medicaid.Sec. 403. Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment.<enum>I</enum><header>Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration</header><section id="HA51698393E974669B40114C5C9DC9191" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290aa">42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD6F18C064940426EAC8F1233FD831610" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="H25777657FB5F433C9578CD92B313B34D"><enum>506B.</enum><header>Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office</header><subsection id="H5CBA7FB35C6740BFA1ECE8B88DB8F16D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall establish an office to coordinate work relating to behavioral health crisis care across the operating divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration and external stakeholders.</text></subsection><subsection id="HFF967DA8F82E47D2BAAC154113DBB3EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The office established under subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph id="HF3FD6543F4264368AEED784931D8ABF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>convene Federal, State, Tribal, local, and private partners;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5FEEE8FE11044C138A85097A3870CD9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>launch and manage Federal workgroups charged with making recommendations regarding behavioral health crisis financing, workforce, equity, data, and technology, program oversight, public awareness, and engagement; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC9E7034469FF4B568F332A491D8FF6F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>support technical assistance, data analysis, and evaluation functions in order to develop a crisis care system to establish nationwide standards with the objective of expanding the capacity of, and access to, local crisis call centers, mobile crisis care, crisis stabilization, psychiatric emergency services, and rapid post-crisis follow-up care provided by—</text><subparagraph id="H0F39D39898FA4469B1D3C8C596645EAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Hotline and Response System;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE370EBF229D344E3A4270648450D8852"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">community mental health centers (as defined in section 1861(ff)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H795EC6E846994F3285EA0E2EB3577317"><enum>(C)</enum><text>certified community behavioral health clinics, as described in section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H475307012E3A4464BA6F2DB4F156C58D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other community mental health and substance use disorder providers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H24F34E6D2505473AB63520BD196EC3F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H4E32568516054F12858F51532A117C8E"><enum>102.</enum><header>National suicide prevention lifeline program</header><subsection id="HA64702EA37B442CFA075BC783825D3C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 520E–3(c) of the Public Health Service Act (290bb–36c(c)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, and $240,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection id="H0C15E2B3F8934FA0B723539D6B9FE737"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specialized hotline for underserved populations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 520E–3 of the Public Health Service Act (290bb–36c) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H20EF394FEC2F476CA12E7BDB1F54C33E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="H09C585FF674E4DBDA15564F3F968609D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="HD2CF086E7538409F825792AB0965F48E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after <quote>suicide prevention hotline</quote> the following: <quote>, under the universal telephone number designated under section 251(e)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HA85599510B06486D8359114EA9A71FA1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6A03A7399AF4D2B8B24BC6D6E3045CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAAB72FC5E05406C822FC68EBCA2E410"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H888C9883583942819AA02CA46ADBFE67" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H5F3B842C8EFF40BEB4E7DD4024FF5502"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing for access by LGBTQ individuals, people of color, and other underserved populations to specialized services through a range of digital and technology approaches, as determined by the Office of the Assistant Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H78E8E28AF4044878B90F54807760367A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H70CE82A349C5479A8B555C6BCA1BB1C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFBDE91AC07164DA093944A015688D08A" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HA4EBCB5706BF46908446B5B30294577A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wherever possible, the Office of the Assistant Secretary shall, in determining which approaches to use to provide specialized services under subsection (b)(4) to the populations described in such subsection, consult with organizations that have experience—</text><paragraph id="HA434E79AAFF5454EA976089D15F96785"><enum>(1)</enum><text>working with such populations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE48535A5913C4B2886F36D762FBCBAD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>technological expertise in effective crisis response using such digital and technology approaches.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H74F15060564C401AA9477EE6D630E423"><enum>103.</enum><header>Regional and local lifeline call center program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290bb">42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 520E–4 (42 U.S.C. 290bb-36d) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEBC0FFB8AD9F4AE5A6E525552C6BAA7B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HA1E0672292FA469EB86671BDFD050410"><enum>520E–5.</enum><header>Regional and local lifeline call center program</header><subsection id="HDC50F2F4F896482DAE97A9F037E67E37"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award grants to crisis call centers described in section 302(c)(1) of the 9–8–8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Implementation Act of 2022 to—</text><paragraph id="HB182BF847D9744B9A7E63C391918BBA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>purchase or upgrade call center technology;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BF760D0EC7C45B78B936AF1395338B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for training of call center staff; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2DF1B665F10F4353A3887B25C46E230E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improve call center operations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8A84137DD824119BFD78E7B30820CFC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hiring of call center staff.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H24516F2847774EABA52E4EF4D7C305C3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $441,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H60CED9A4D7334910B4AA0B8F90E0CAB3"><enum>104.</enum><header>Evidence-based and best practice crisis care programs</header><subsection id="HB562EB17899E455FA362DC8E3EF7B03A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1912(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300x-1">42 U.S.C. 300x–1(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB6B9407B7DE64069BB14BFB5174B9C65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph id="HF5260F7DED7645DD97343CF4D314ABBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses (vii) and (viii), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47BB34920E7B4046B6C4CE0849DDCF76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v), the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA6D96EB24D644643BDAA2FC476643053" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="H54D6694154954864B74050D633E28158"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a description of how the State supports evidenced-based and best practice programs that address the crisis care needs of individuals with serious mental illness, and children with serious emotional disturbances, that include at least one of the core components specified in subparagraph (F);<italic></italic></text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H217EA57F6A93445193774C6C37C935D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD143A58E113744FE88ED42C4BC335AFB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H22BF47A2F0A645E4847654CC82DC69CC"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Core components for crisis care services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The core components of a program referred to in subparagraph (A)(vi) include the following:</text><clause id="H160AE6DF7B074ADC952D81BFE3BA5E2F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Crisis call centers.</text></clause><clause id="H8F9E5C8497EE4A2D8B98B396DE53A0D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">24/7 mobile crisis services.</text></clause><clause id="H90CF1E81AEF3473E96E33F35EA87C4F2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Crisis stabilization programs offering acute care or subacute care in a hospital or appropriately licensed facility, with referrals to inpatient or outpatient care, as determined by the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H70D5ED2009B74C99919E8EEE97E6BACC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Set-Aside for evidence-Based and best practice crisis care services</header><text>Section 1920 of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300x-9">42 U.S.C. 300x–9</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H1A05E0C3608541C186586577BE8CCA41" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>be appropriated</quote> and all that follows through <quote>2022.</quote> and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2D1A542002424123B011FC0D8BFAC963" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text>be appropriated—</text><paragraph id="HEF34A8AB02AA4882813CBADA39C467E4" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$532,571,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AEB10AFD3C648759F5A5C7F232040D6" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,235,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE27E2708A154BC284AFDBBB762CCD52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HAB2A2C57BF804DA593B777D64BC0F8E7" style="OLC"><subsection id="H0E04B14F41404E73A1712CD9664B2138"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Crisis Care</header><paragraph id="H69B6A011FDA04B0BAC45C5600B020A95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), a State shall expend at least 10 percent of the allotment of the State pursuant to a funding agreement under section 1911 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to support programs described in section 1912(b)(1)(A)(vi). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H834B50946ED34ACB919532731A78758F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State Flexibility</header><text>In lieu of expending 10 percent of the State’s allotment for a fiscal year as required by paragraph (1), a State may elect to expend not less than 20 percent of such amount by the end of two consecutive fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD9BA32E25FAD4D9680C66CC33802E611"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding Contingency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a fiscal year unless the amount made available to carry out this section for that fiscal year exceeds the amount appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2021 by at least $37,257,100.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7EF106D87EF94DB08F28AAF8D85841FD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may, pursuant to a waiver granted by the Secretary of any requirements under this subpart (including requirements imposed by a funding agreement under section 1911), use funds set aside under this subsection to provide services described in section 1912(b)(1)(A)(vi) to individuals in such State who do not meet the criteria to be considered with serious mental illness or children with serious emotional disturbances.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAAAF07E40B35419EA5C777DAA0374255"><enum>105.</enum><header>Mental Health Crisis Response Partnership Pilot Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290aa">42 U.S.C. 290aa</external-xref>) by inserting after section 520F (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290bb-37">42 U.S.C. 290bb–37</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H00DEB5D2C2984CDCADE9489F7E84BFD4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HF137876C2CC347708BA6690C75110977"><enum>520F–1.</enum><header>Mental Health Crisis Response Partnership Pilot Program</header><subsection id="H1600B2396ED34B3E8DE18D79DC5703BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a pilot program under which the Secretary will award competitive grants to eligible entities to establish new, or enhance existing, mobile crisis response teams that divert the response for mental health and substance use crises from law enforcement to mobile crisis teams, as described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="HAB1DB86F93A54A9B82AD2FA0E2F85CD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mobile crisis teams described</header><text>A mobile crisis team described in this subsection is a team of individuals—</text><paragraph id="H5B92D509F4A148FF844EF64784BB6BA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is available to respond to individuals in crisis and provide immediate stabilization, referrals to community-based mental health and substance use disorder services and supports, and triage to a higher level of care if medically necessary; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB0C704BA55EC4A6BA1BB69AFA5362A71"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which may include licensed counselors, clinical social workers, physicians, paramedics, crisis workers, peer support specialists, or other qualified individuals; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8458FE9A15CA4556AE13D23B8997C893"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which may provide support to divert behavioral health crisis calls from the 9–1–1 system to the 9–8–8 system.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC2A209BCAB094FDDBBBCD70828A6874E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall prioritize applications which account for the specific needs of the communities to be served, including children and families, veterans, rural and underserved populations, and other groups at increased risk of death from suicide or overdose.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5BDEC08E779D4C51A2FC96B3FC3E8B1D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="H3D6B369C4BF3479298193ED0844FA130"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on steps taken by eligible entities as of such date of enactment to strengthen the partnerships among mental health providers, substance use disorder treatment providers, primary care physicians, mental health and substance use crisis teams, and paramedics, law enforcement officers, and other first responders.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD591DFE5D661415C8AD6A8C22F0AA549"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Progress reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date on which the first grant is awarded to carry out this section, and for each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the grants made during the year covered by the report, which shall include—</text><subparagraph id="HF300B3CD0B72420A8318B5042267F849"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data on the teams and people served by such programs, including demographic information of individuals served, volume and types of service utilization, linkage to community-based resources and diversion from law enforcement settings, data consistent with the State block grant requirements for continuous evaluation and quality improvement, and other relevant data as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9203BD3D5A6940F8ACAF04FBDA127031"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary’s recommendations and best practices for—</text><clause id="H399438DB6FA94C2BAD4BF977ADC07FA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>States and localities providing mobile crisis response and stabilization services for youth and adults; and</text></clause><clause id="H17D0695176574A1381B7AE723A9F9863"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improvements to the program established under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H89977B09E2754D3AA465E2D4A37EAA03"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means each of the following:</text><paragraph id="HBA74316078164B4DA33E025B7D5FEC7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community mental health centers (as defined in section 1861(ff)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4905BED27B645A3943CCA4D89B07F34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Certified community behavioral health clinics described in section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7BDFCE35895743E49144C0C4E9F89C2F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity that operates citywide, Tribal-wide, or county-wide crisis response systems, including cities, counties, Tribes, or a department or agency of a city, county, or Tribe, including departments or agencies of social services, disability services, health services, public health, or mental health and substance disorder services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H362BC7D3B57641EC96A98270DF315EF3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A program of the Indian Health Service, whether operated by such Service, an Indian Tribe (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), or by a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act) or a facility of the Native Hawaiian health care systems authorized under the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB8036228A5D5476C947A55BCE9EF268F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public, nonprofit, or other organization that—</text><subparagraph id="H14ED30CF7F9342B280978AEB5BDF8C8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>can demonstrate the ability of such organization to effectively provide community-based alternatives to law enforcement; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37509EA297774417B62C0058AE8719E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has a demonstrated involvement with the identified communities to be served. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6ED9C9C82740409597BDF2B7AD369CE1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H037E4DB7FCB849E5918C5706F4A2DCC6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>National suicide prevention media campaign</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290bb-31">42 U.S.C. 290bb–31 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H88FDB894974948C080F4A4DFB025E6EC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="H8C7A6847C81145A9AEA82C599EEBCD68"><enum>520N.</enum><header>National suicide prevention media campaign</header><subsection id="H50CAC4241C43415091A0A35A24E08630"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National suicide prevention media campaign</header><paragraph id="H09D14CA06DDD4F23A8B4A6A2C29C9AF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section as the <quote>Director</quote>), shall conduct a national suicide prevention media campaign (referred to in this section as the <quote>national media campaign</quote>), for purposes of—</text><subparagraph id="HEE91DD276C9D460E8E43E39CD8D5C500"><enum>(A)</enum><text>preventing suicide in the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD46941EAC5F04B11898B452DDC6D5FCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">educating families, friends, and communities on how to address suicide and suicidal thoughts, including when to encourage individuals with suicidal risk to seek help; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47B9D8F7BD484EB2881945333353F5C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing awareness of suicide prevention resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (including the suicide prevention hotline maintained under section 520E–3, any suicide prevention mobile application of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, and other support resources determined appropriate by the Secretary).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H66F6B036E1A641658964C198D570D835"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to consulting with the Assistant Secretary and the Director under this section, the Secretary shall consult with, as appropriate, State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments, primary health care providers, hospitals with emergency departments, mental and behavioral health services providers, crisis response services providers, paramedics, law enforcement, suicide prevention and mental health professionals, patient advocacy groups, survivors of suicide attempts, and representatives of television and social media platforms in planning the national media campaign to be conducted under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H14F8074D4AA44DA2941952BDF732DC29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Target audiences</header><paragraph id="HF027FC6060F24B3795F7BE148D3C06BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tailoring advertisements and other communications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the national media campaign under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary may tailor culturally competent advertisements and other communications of the campaign across all available media for a target audience (such as a particular geographic location or demographic) across the lifespan.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA54EC5F6847641968B4C4383CBDDF5E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Targeting certain local areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use amounts made available under subsection (f) for media that targets certain local areas or populations at disproportionate risk for suicide.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0BA5E59A699F4F36BA5E1B19ED23B7D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><paragraph id="H5BCEAD9FDCA348B7981F43A86EDF4CDE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Required uses</header><subparagraph id="H947BD482CE204FCEB695C34154A9B83C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, if reasonably feasible with the funds made available under subsection (f), carry out the following, with respect to the national media campaign:</text><clause id="HB0892C4C1BB44FCBB5A4B6CF6F27E98E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Testing and evaluation of advertising.</text></clause><clause id="H96E7E8D1B50843D6843E175CA4A6B68A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation of the effectiveness of the national media campaign.</text></clause><clause id="H0CA30D4CF4B64C028E1B8AD259DFDF9E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operational and management expenses.</text></clause><clause id="HA274D7A0F45F43A39B0DF4D953B4A80A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The creation of an educational toolkit for television and social media platforms to use in discussing suicide and raising awareness about how to prevent suicide.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBAF899397144A5BB74115F240B5B8B8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Specific requirements</header><clause id="HDD46EBCE154043E1A294F6BAB41C1A96"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Testing and evaluation of advertising</header><text>In testing and evaluating advertising under subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary shall test all advertisements after use in the national media campaign to evaluate the extent to which such advertisements have been effective in carrying out the purposes of the national media campaign.</text></clause><clause id="HE82C5B2006D243DBAFFEC3863C34E5EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Evaluation of effectiveness of national media campaign</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In evaluating the effectiveness of the national media campaign under subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall—</text><subclause commented="no" id="H70D5DB5D350F4A2E8BE8CC151A00A9BE"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take into account the number of unique calls that are made to the suicide prevention hotline maintained under section 520E–3 and assess whether there are any State and regional variations with respect to the capacity to answer such calls;</text></subclause><subclause id="H3026E7ECBB454DD1AB8FD0794ADFA0DE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take into account the number of unique encounters with suicide prevention and support resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and assess engagement with such suicide prevention and support resources;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HD7C82FFBDB354454B771CE1184FCB713"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess whether the national media campaign has contributed to increased awareness that suicidal individuals should be engaged, rather than ignored; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H8E2C1B11672343E5A5944D49C8BFAA8D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take into account such other measures of evaluation as the Secretary determines are appropriate.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB6033F889747472F8723C516D2DD41E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Optional uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use amounts made available under subsection (f) for the following, with respect to the national media campaign:</text><subparagraph id="H32B91A1C0B094593BA264F07A6EB4D3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnerships with professional and civic groups, community-based organizations, including faith-based organizations, and Federal agencies or Tribal organizations that the Secretary determines have experience in suicide prevention, including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF915F3E99359435DB4A9E237F7684C9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Entertainment industry outreach, interactive outreach, media projects and activities, the dissemination of public information, news media outreach, outreach through television programs, and corporate sponsorship and participation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB82250E0CE354AC399389783F367F5B3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the amounts made available under subsection (f) may be obligated or expended for any of the following:</text><paragraph id="HC58AE81ED220433CBC5EA768A262A0A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To supplant Federal suicide prevention campaigns in effect as of the date of the enactment of this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H06411FD85690468EAA95E17C440C1867"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For partisan political purposes, or to express advocacy in support of or to defeat any clearly identified candidate, clearly identified ballot initiative, or clearly identified legislative or regulatory proposal.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H83B7428F34544D119042C047BFD41130"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after implementation of the national media campaign has begun, the Secretary, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary and the Director, shall, with respect to the first year of the national media campaign, submit to Congress a report that describes—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H2B47115896BF4113B8EBA795AD8BD9EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the strategy of the national media campaign and whether specific objectives of such campaign were accomplished, including whether such campaign impacted the number of calls made to lifeline crisis centers and the capacity of such centers to manage such calls;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB253D2EF3B3A48FABB1609E3783C9BD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">steps taken to ensure that the national media campaign operates in an effective and efficient manner consistent with the overall strategy and focus of the national media campaign;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9718B97F240F4D04A60AD6B1FC9B5979"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans to purchase advertising time and space;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7C47B10A622B4F61A770712840823D49"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">policies and practices implemented to ensure that Federal funds are used responsibly to purchase advertising time and space and eliminate the potential for waste, fraud, and abuse; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H90808A03CD8947ACB19855EC7955BBA7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all contracts entered into with a corporation, a partnership, or an individual working on behalf of the national media campaign.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1689EAEF31244FF9AAF743BE2BDCF694"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>II</enum><header>Health Resources and Services Administration</header><section id="H957A5EF8E0CF4A61934C6DDF270D1742"><enum>201.</enum><header>Health center capital grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/254b">42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4F7EFBEA335E4B9E941BA0B02C5105E8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="H6BB25A05491C4D63BCFF3FD5710F4C0C"><enum>330O.</enum><header>Health center capital grants</header><subsection id="H3B5F940F61AC44D894C91709A2F88C19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities for capital projects.</text></subsection><subsection id="H12E549BBDDB7495DB3A578A875796611"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term> is an entity that is—</text><paragraph id="H4393F74F783846D0872B4252AAA69D58"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a health center funded under section 330, or in the case of a Tribe or Tribal organization, eligible, to be awarded without regard to the time limitation in subsection (e)(3) and subsections (e)(6)(A)(iii), (e)(6)(B)(iii), and (r)(2)(B) of such section; or </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9172501E31304D478BBF80E4CB34480B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a mental health and substance use crisis receiving and stabilization program and crisis call center described in section 302(c)(1) of the <short-title>9–8–8 Implementation Act of 2022</short-title> that have a working relationship with one or more local community mental health and substance use organizations, community mental health centers, and certified community behavioral health clinics, or other local mental health and substance use care providers, including inpatient and residential treatment settings.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC6D533B490BC4DCE8DA5F638AF00BC53"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available to a recipient of a grant or cooperative agreement pursuant to subsection (a) shall be used for crisis response program facility alteration, renovation, remodeling, expansion, construction, and other capital improvement costs, including the costs of amortizing the principal of, and paying interest on, loans for such purposes.</text></subsection><subsection id="H6756441DF9F9497C881E5B541F30EB67"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended. </text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H2710F478248641BB99ED6A1A93AEFE96"><enum>202.</enum><header>Expanding behavioral health workforce training programs</header><subsection id="H88891147BD9B4853AF541425FB81CF38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National Health Service Corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 331(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Public Health Service Act (254d(a)(3)(E)(i)) is amended by striking <quote>and psychiatrists</quote> and inserting <quote>psychiatrists and professionals who provide crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through crisis receiving and stabilization program)</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection id="H6BFEBB8D012B4B46862D363E33207924"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minority Fellowship Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 597(b) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290ll">42 U.S.C. 290ll(b)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through crisis receiving and stabilization program),</quote> after <quote>mental health counseling,</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection id="HC08A2484CDC34D14B1006120E60E2AD4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 756 of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/294e-1">42 U.S.C. 294e–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H8F5EFF8402924F4DB03204F5F4ADD934"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="HF21807D47DAE4B818B7462BC49230493"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>crisis management (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through crisis receiving and stabilization program),</quote> after <quote>occupational therapy,</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17719496D5864CEEB9B4CA5E4175C5D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>and providing crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through crisis receiving and stabilization program)</quote> after <quote>treatment services,</quote>; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94A9340E428141E189CC149C79F29AEC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>and providing crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through crisis receiving and stabilization program),</quote> after <quote>behavioral health services</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H813886D11FCB443E970611DAA4BBC5EF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>including for the provision of crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through crisis receiving and stabilization program),</quote> after <quote>paraprofessional field</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H609B537C2F22438CB2C398DF8F4DA51F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2), by inserting <quote>or that emphasize training in crisis management and meeting the crisis needs of diverse populations specified in (b)(2), including effective outreach and engagement</quote> after <quote>partnerships</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H13A33F07F7ED4FACA91B80F9C8C23788"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9000735C88044856AAB64B4856CFB03B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H0F0298C5D6134AE189781BD9D021CB49"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><paragraph id="HC1E8269D564D414DA5962598CE3B6A45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, in addition to funding made available under subsection (f), there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for workforce development for crisis management, as specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9D84C9DE19945D195B94C791AB89B17"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making grants for the purpose specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to programs demonstrating effective recruitment and retention efforts for individuals and groups from different racial, ethnic, cultural, geographic, religious, linguistic, and class backgrounds, and different genders and sexual orientations, as specified in subsection (b)(2). </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion</header><section id="H4A9EF5FD948F43189477E02715F2D655"><enum>301.</enum><header>Crisis response continuum of care</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290bb-31">42 U.S.C. 290bb–31 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 106, is further amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0FCF8D364DEF4DD1BB4D4F8AC11D1539" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HF8BEB22BD99E4E8B8D06DF907CD4EAE1"><enum>520O.</enum><header>Crisis response continuum of care</header><subsection id="H2880BE4F420340B0BDF35F186B4FF7E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish standards for a continuum of care for use by health care providers and communities in responding to individuals, including children and adolescents, experiencing mental health crises, substance related crises, and crises arising from co-occurring disorders (referred to in this section as the <quote>crisis response continuum</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection id="HBEEFA4301ECC420D8358C7413D88E931"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><paragraph id="H8159335328804A72A943BCDB53641F2F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Scope of standards</header><text>The standards established under subsection (a) shall define—</text><subparagraph id="H3DB9002C6FB84440841EF4139EE03C6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimum requirements of core crisis services, as determined by the Secretary, to include requirements that each entity that furnishes such services should—</text><clause id="HB9286C1531084E9DA5EB27E6E5001761"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not require prior authorization from an insurance provider nor referral from a health care provider prior to the delivery of services;</text></clause><clause id="H1203AD7AF747484F92E1B85BEBD39AD9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>serve all individuals regardless of age or ability to pay;</text></clause><clause id="HC0730961DC2A4CF692D0031AD13017F0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and provide care to all individuals; and</text></clause><clause id="HEA94FD15B3464823A5235D07603A9457"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide care and support through resources described in paragraph (2)(A) until the individual has been stabilized or transfer the individual to the next level of crisis care; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EFE718B75D34EF094946B2F2B2C713E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>psychiatric stabilization, including the point at which a case may be closed for—</text><clause id="H78D06786A88C4E1F8E75C7726B77A3E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>individuals screened over the phone; and</text></clause><clause id="H9B357E1D992A453EBF6834794841568D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>individuals stabilized on the scene by mobile teams.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8B303EA9400541069657AB6691B575B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification of essential functions</header><text>The Secretary shall identify the essential functions of each service in the crisis response continuum, which shall include at least the following:</text><subparagraph id="H7FCA5FE21F75496F8469145621682762"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of resources for referral and enrollment in continuing mental health, substance use, or other human services relevant for the individual in crisis where necessary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF42D7B4AC5CB47089E592609E5D4959E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Delineation of access and entry points to services within the crisis response continuum.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74B8F774FB664B17BDF06573B12BA0BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Development of and adherence to protocols and agreements for the transfer and receipt of individuals to and from other segments of the crisis response continuum segments as needed, and from outside referrals including health care providers, law enforcement, EMS, fire, education institutions, and community-based organizations.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A130C437028403F822B34F0E22D9D97"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Description of the qualifications of crisis services staff, including roles for physicians, licensed clinicians, case managers, and peers (in accordance with State licensing requirements or requirements applicable to Tribal health professionals).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D86AC38A8DC46BA8529C1D48401493F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements for the convening of collaborative meetings of crisis response service providers, first responders, such as paramedics and law enforcement, and community partners (including National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or 9–8–8 call centers, 9–1–1 public service answering points, and local mental health and substance use disorder treatment providers) operating in a common region for the discussion of case management, best practices, and general performance improvement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H940B81A7B3B14D0D8585AE0884BC3FFB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Service capacity and quality standards</header><text>Such standards shall include definitions of—</text><subparagraph id="HD2D8E076E0614FDB8DE14652B90283CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>adequate volume of services to meet population need;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2F198AE9B41445E8C952B1F5887BBA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>appropriate timely response; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95BDD637B8344DC7BA1EDD68FD753F21"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">capacity to meet the needs of different patient populations who may experience a mental health or substance use crisis, including children, families, and all age groups, cultural and linguistic minorities, individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, individuals with cognitive disabilities, individuals with developmental delays, and individuals with chronic medical conditions and physical disabilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H79326D83A23B4974B7690E1739D9E0EE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Oversight and accreditation</header><text>The Secretary shall designate entities charged with the oversight and accreditation of entities within the crisis response continuum.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6031025307A94E1BAE062B1FE59F07E2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Implementation timeframe</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall establish the standards under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB0F6387703C44DAC990F7A7B6E29A8BE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Data collection and evaluations</header><subparagraph id="HF94A5DE691AD44988DC40A448BE4FCB5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, directly or through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements, shall collect data and conduct evaluations with respect to the provision of services and programs offered on the crisis response continuum for purposes of assessing the extent to which the provision of such services and programs meet certain objectives and outcomes measures as determined by the Secretary. Such objectives shall include—</text><clause id="H761029BCDA3140E690DBBC76DE71C666"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reduction in reliance on law enforcement response to individuals in crisis who would be more appropriately served by a mobile crisis team capable of responding to mental health and substance related crises;</text></clause><clause id="H8B2EA06FEF55430EB59E5DE8A59DBC9E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reduction in boarding or extended holding of patients in emergency room facilities who require further psychiatric care, including care for substance use disorders; </text></clause><clause id="H4F5E7AF80DE244EC9DD72F8496D8BE02"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>evidence of adequate access to crisis care centers and crisis bed services; and</text></clause><clause id="HE74DA041D2744DCC939CA4362801BA73"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evidence of adequate linkage to appropriate post-crisis care and longitudinal treatment for mental health or substance use disorder when relevant.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0876C77FA84C46578DBD8075E442C8FB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this subsection through notice and comment rulemaking, following a request for information from stakeholders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H444C664388BD4DBA82818FC84B121149"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Components of crisis response continuum</header><text>The crisis response continuum consists of at least the following components:</text><paragraph id="HD1D9514F7AD84897AC5B24B792F0FEBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Crisis call centers</header><text>Regional clinically managed crisis call centers that provide telephonic crisis intervention capabilities. Such centers should meet National Suicide Prevention Lifeline operational guidelines regarding suicide risk assessment and engagement and offer air traffic control-quality coordination of crisis care in real-time.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H01C9025E23F94F4EAB991F9D5F0B7296"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mobile crisis response team</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teams of providers that are available to reach any individual in the service area in their home, workplace, school, physician’s office or outpatient treatment setting, or any other community-based location of the individual in crisis in a timely manner.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H16854A091AAA4AE686AF04DD27CF84DC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Crisis receiving and stabilization facilities</header><text>Subacute inpatient facilities and other facilities specified by the Secretary that provide short-term observation and crisis stabilization services to all referrals, including the following services:</text><subparagraph id="H786E276D05ED43ECA95581798B6A809C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>23-hour crisis stabilization services</header><text>A direct care service that provides individuals in severe distress with up to 23 consecutive hours of supervised care to assist with deescalating the severity of their crisis or need for urgent care in a subacute inpatient setting.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD70E0BB9FFC54CC595FE2DC10EE6ABE2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Short-term crisis residential services</header><text>A direct care service that assists with deescalating the severity of an individual’s level of distress or need for urgent care associated with a substance use or mental health disorder in a residential setting.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F1615A34749407FA1E202CE5E00EBE1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Mental health and substance use urgent care facilities</header><text>Ambulatory services available 12–24 hours per day, 7 days a week, where individuals experiencing crisis can walk in without an appointment to receive crisis assessment, crisis intervention, medication, and connection to continuity of care.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H89C70568B7114DABA4F9D52EB7B2D130"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Additional facilities and providers</header><text>The Secretary shall specify additional facilities and health care providers as part of the crisis response continuum, as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H05524232F39D4925B30B3B3906DAFB78"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to state law</header><paragraph id="H9A796A0BF737490D91502CB15FE7A186"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the standards established under this section are minimum standards and nothing in this section may be construed to preclude a State from establishing additional standards, so long as such standards are not inconsistent with the requirements of this section or other applicable law.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE841A4C4E9F420D80BF921691F11CEB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver or modification</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a process under which a State may request a waiver or modification of a standard established under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H4C1FDACAD2874729823527225DFC61A7"><enum>302.</enum><header>Coverage of crisis response services</header><subsection id="H0636F5B6B5074849BB2D4CBA02CED01D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coverage under the Medicare program</header><paragraph id="H855E16CBB47E4B7EB9764585AA919B90"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H811DD97DC759422387486359B6985BB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (GG), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H401C56E51DFF4E03BEFAD76339365FC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (HH), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5248D00FC0A485C98C75A1905ED222D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block id="H169DA2F613074C7285F256A0F53899CA" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HFA4F1BECCC3748E49AEA16FC651EE596"><enum>(II)</enum><text>crisis response services as defined in subsection (lll);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD85F2FE453A497493BA00C83234E8B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Crisis response services defined</header><text>Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8E9321F71F4649C4BC336C636A65343E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H74E15AFFF8FE42D58352849247DF2950"><enum>(lll)</enum><header>Crisis response services</header><paragraph id="H52BD85936C794A539DD7C992C12F9D59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>crisis response services</term> means mental health or substance use services that are furnished by a mobile crisis response team, a crisis receiving and stabilization facility, mental health or substance use urgent care facility, or other appropriate provider, as determined by the Secretary, to an individual, including children and adolescents, experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis. Such term includes services identified by the Secretary as part of the crisis response continuum of care under section 302 of the Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DE1C29A35E84345AE611138F6BDF149"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection, the terms <term>mobile crisis response team</term>, <term>crisis receiving and stabilization facility</term>, and <term>mental health and substance use urgent care facility</term> have the meaning given those terms for purposes of such section 302.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H08D3610CFA8A43F58546CCA2F7D7F776"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment</header><subparagraph id="H9EC03B2418CD488AA44BF7B3B003140C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1833(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395l">42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="HCAD85450833B4F5C8C8C9E2E4E88FE91"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and (DD)</quote> and inserting <quote>(DD)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HBC055967ED4945E5AB503CA533D81F1F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>and (EE) with respect to crisis response services described in section 1861(s)(2)(II), the amounts paid shall be 80 percent of the lesser of the actual charge for the service or the amount determined under the payment basis established under section 1834(z)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60C650940A6B4626989D5CEC6AA1F467"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Establishment of payment basis</header><text>Section 1834 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395m">42 U.S.C. 1395m</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFC6AA1AA4EA04876A9B01FC990F5B3CC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H5F3F3F56B3D24FAEA6699230FCFE22A7"><enum>(z)</enum><header>Payment for crisis response services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a payment basis determined appropriate by the Secretary with respect to crisis response services (as defined in section 1861(lll)) furnished by a provider of services or supplier.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBDD2AA83B63C46FE83D09BE09ECF983F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Ambulance transport of individuals in crisis</header><subparagraph id="HA13C767B18474AB8A7C1CDFA8E3A099B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395m">42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block id="HCABB8CD4B4564705B2BC94F9BAFEF3F1" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HEB910DB36B1F4B29B266F911D6D761AF"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Transportation of individuals in crisis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to ambulance services furnished on or after the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of the Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act, the regulations described in section 1861(s)(7) shall provide coverage under such section for ambulance and other qualified emergency transport services to transport an individual experiencing a mental health or substance crisis to an appropriate facility, such as a community mental health center (as defined in section 1861(ff)(3)(B)) or other facility or provider identified by the Secretary as part of the crisis response continuum of care under section 203 of the Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act, as appropriate, for crisis response services described in section 1861(s)(2)(II).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB2AC831E77545878098EE07CECF2D5C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 1861(s)(7) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(7)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 1834(l)(14)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (14) and (18) of section 1834(l)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC0243C1A2F7A48A8AE07DA939D7B979B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to services furnished on or after the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB70B47D8D3F74832A2D1EC1DCCD89A93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mandatory coverage of crisis response services under the medicaid program</header><text>Title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H9F8CF8B7C2844CE99C8BED88B0829085"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 1902(a)(10)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>and (30)</quote> and inserting <quote>(30), and (31)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H899C03C8DB1A44BF9721D5ABF5422787"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 1905—</text><subparagraph id="H1034CBA34E0E44D1AC136ADA5FFA78BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause id="H27B5EBFC913F4236AC0BA12A9DE2607A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (30), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></clause><clause id="HB962E3FC8E964BD3A00D8448A2E1ED6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (31) as paragraph (32); and</text></clause><clause id="H4C0DCFC00531491FA10F4D714A1B3552"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (30):</text><quoted-block id="H1E0987307FEB4C1C8A50A139ADC7E021" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HF5EEA0A20FBC4703819E5C966A73C494"><enum>(31)</enum><text>crisis response services (as defined in section 1861(lll)); and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF881D470C30542A8BA32A8BAD00BB937"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Presumptive eligibility determination by crisis response service providers</header><text>Section 1902(a)(47)(B) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(47)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or provider of crisis response services (as defined in section 1861(lll))</quote> after <quote>any hospital</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AF195D5663E4E77B42A866668A0C896"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective date</header><subparagraph id="H41FB345D39ED40E284A653D3A245223E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE13F3CEA03D4801886CB7A94FAA3F6F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delay permitted if state legislation required</header><text>In the case of a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>) which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by this section, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H102EDBF398CC46B78BA6E7C6EF47A9BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Essential health benefits</header><text>Section 1302(b)(1)(E) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18022">42 U.S.C. 18022(b)(1)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and crisis response services (as defined in section 1861(lll) of the Social Security Act)</quote> before the period.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1D3D4BC27C2F44C5BD98C0DC3BA7F1A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Group health plans and health insurance issuers</header><paragraph id="H2ACDA8468A6D4F75B2FFFE592C3521B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2707 of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300gg-6">42 U.S.C. 300gg–6</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HAEFA85C5791E4FEDBB231EE807C349EA" style="OLC"><subsection id="H62F02EDBD9AD49C890307F8D34763F7A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Crisis response services</header><text>A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall ensure that such coverage includes crisis response services (as defined in section 1861(lll) of the Social Security Act).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HBDCEA000DB254F62999B36398DF1B822"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application to grandfathered plans</header><text>Section 1251(a)(4)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18011">42 U.S.C. 18011(a)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H325494BFD360435DB88695A888934C37" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="HA4EEB489A4A74880A62797342F2BBBD1"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2707(e) (relating to coverage of crisis response services).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD13286CF125D4D81A454717A27DD5E5A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tricare coverage</header><paragraph id="H6C91D323C2344514B1FA96B951D8D706"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall provide coverage under the TRICARE program for crisis response services, as defined in section 1861(lll) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x</external-xref>) (as amended by section 303).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H81011B8B672B40B495C6D3C5FD56D251"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tricare program defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>TRICARE program</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H172AD763B4304150BA7FD4409177E7E1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reimbursement for crisis response services for veterans</header><text>Section 1725(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, including crisis response services (as defined in subsection (lll) of section 1861 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x</external-xref>)),</quote> after <quote>services</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF99736F60AAB466996E5A4812E353007"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Coverage under FEHB</header><paragraph id="HC66079DAC6F54031B5120BD3C00683C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 8902 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HE58202741D6249139DD641DAC97E4CBF" style="OLC"><subsection id="HF274DC2C650F4DFE86A0D43295DED341"><enum>(p)</enum><text>Each contract for a plan under this chapter shall require the carrier to provide coverage for crisis response services, as that term is defined in subsection (lll) of section 1861 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H69C7EACA8A6549A9AD3025DC6D2AD6EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply beginning with respect to the third contract year for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/89">chapter 89</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, that begins on or after the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAEC913DBDFAA45A1A0E13A0D094DF1BE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coverage under CHIP</header><text>Section 2103(c)(5) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1397cc">42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HDFE73352510B46D78FE81B2CDF5EC101"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F72131AE8A54BC1B0661D99244B37A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4A822753D904A9F9432BAC3AC1115FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1C65AE4F3229470893F321415854AFE1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H23AB740B81624B978E3E998F3761778F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, crisis response services (as defined in section 1861(lll)).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H90F4352131114E629B2C2A2D7EDD43A2"><enum>303.</enum><header>Building the crisis continuum infrastructure</header><subsection id="HD07E6ED4EF864019B8C6A9C7D342350C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional amounts for mental health block grant</header><text>Section 1920 of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300x-9">42 U.S.C. 300x–9</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H0ECC5A0E3A694B8C820DE30E53710964" style="OLC"><subsection id="H263DD2D721E845B3BCE3F5F7725B5822"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Support for crisis response services infrastructure</header><paragraph id="H57C7E8DB8F414DB4BF9D78E49E0F9321"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to amounts made available under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024, for purposes of supporting the infrastructure needed to provide crisis response services (as defined in section 1861(lll) of the Social Security Act) in the States, which may include training and continuing education, and administrative expenses with respect to the provision of such services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H31DEF656E10C4C2AAA457ED9D5148353"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allotments</header><text>Each fiscal year for which amounts are appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall allot to each State that receives a grant under section 1911 for the fiscal year an amount that bears the same relationship to the total amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for the fiscal year that the amount received by the State under section 1911(a) for the fiscal year bears to the total amount appropriated under subsection (a) for the fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8A4E806180784376940A87E54FF74E9C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to States technical assistance regarding the provision of crisis response services, as defined in section 1861(lll) of the Social Security Act, including guidance on how States may blend Medicaid funds available to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act and funds available to States under the community mental health services block grant program under this subpart and the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant program under subpart II to provide such services.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD323F3F9758A4381BB1B1C9BDAC20BB1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Clearinghouse of best practices</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and maintain a publicly available clearinghouse of best practices for the successful operation of each segment of the system for providing crisis response services (as defined in section 1861(lll) of the Social Security Act) and the integration of such best practices into the provision of such services. The clearinghouse shall be updated annually.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3F5C20080F3442ADA8D0BB6A5BB7782C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to funds allocated under the crisis care set-aside authorized under (a), the provisions contained in 1912(b)(1)(A)(vi) shall not apply.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="HB6675981420F4BC09535C58A20B1E3BC"><enum>304.</enum><header>Incident reporting</header><subsection id="HCC6490360C554E279E52F777B63883C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of protocol panel</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>), in consultation with the Attorney General, shall convene a panel for the purposes of making recommendations for training and protocol for 9–1–1 dispatchers to respond appropriately to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis based on the characteristics of the incident and the needs of the caller.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC280BB3E14BC40E0A357055B639B30DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Panelists</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint individuals to serve staggered 10-year terms on the panel established under subsection (a). Such individuals shall include—</text><paragraph id="H0258E975784D421EAD6024C10377A0CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">psychiatrists;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA96A9043842C45169777DB238F4BBAA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>paramedics and other emergency medical services personnel; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF28186030B54F8D89B07D1B850AC01E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>law enforcement officers and 9–1–1 dispatchers; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6C181B397FF4BA098F89C790F0D9BEE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>representatives from each segment of the crisis response continuum, as described in section 302, including 9–8–8 dispatchers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD28C7736CE68485CB1D1756904BD104E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>individuals who have received services under such crisis response continuum, including individuals under the age of 18;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5B73EB7B9AB74BE692B34D86307C379D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>members of underserved communities including ethnic and racial minority groups and sexual orientation and gender minority groups; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H885D54A8B9284F358643630BBABBE441"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives from Tribes or Tribal organizations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB56C932032240F1A7F0E0D4C0CA76D6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>other individuals, as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H015335F78A264234AF9D302E7A7B6F88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><paragraph id="HD281F160255F475EB777FE055BFBE057"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Topics</header><text>In issuing recommendations under this section, the panel shall consider—</text><subparagraph id="HC2372F3C6CBB43D28298383F26FBD02F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>connecting 9–1–1 callers to crisis care services instead of responding with law enforcement officers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87ED987400184CE0823EB69D834265AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrating the 9–8–8 system into the 9–1–1 system, or transferring calls from the 9–1–1 system to the 9–8–8 system as appropriate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1A8E37F09434131B70108BFA0A818B8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a process for identifying 9–1–1 callers who may be experiencing psychiatric symptoms or a mental health crisis, substance use crisis, or co-occurring crisis and evaluating the level of need of such callers, as defined by relevant, standardized assessment tools such as the Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS), the Child and Adolescent Level of Care Utilization System (CALOCUS), and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9ACDDC757262498DA537DF96608B2D1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The panel shall update recommendations issued under this section not less frequently than every 5 years.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Medicaid amendments</header><section id="H343161FD28AB4EA98E10867406AD3D2B"><enum>401.</enum><header>Revisions to the State option to provide qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services and other services under State plans under the Medicaid program</header><subsection id="HE91C42E4E352435F9D3D9538193BB866"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1947 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396w-6">42 U.S.C. 1396w–6</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HF7C735DD63374C98BB17C55770F7D1AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="H387092DD8FD44A90A4FC086E2F63338B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services</quote> and inserting </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA39280C5A81647BCAA4D12C11DF1511A" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text>for—</text><paragraph id="HA4E45C59A3DA4FE389180A5A370F7192"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D178A95579948449EF1F2204CFDB683"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regional and local lifeline call center operations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB10467FC3BD645FAAF0A6BC23C88B2C0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs for the purpose receiving and stabilization individuals (including beds in homes and facilities for such purpose).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE83B39AD4C974FE0A8FA89595B4E3EC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>during the 5-year period</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F125A5675414241AF191EABA4B089D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="HFD6704935C104C41B159E58E54B4A89A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>85 percent.</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>85 percent, and for medical assistance for items described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) furnished during such quarter shall be equal to 85 percent.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H847DDCB722B44135B44641271E5A93CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>occurring during the period described in subsection (a) that a State</quote> and inserting <quote>in which a State provides medical assistance for qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services under this section and</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC2FA23162A2B4AECB42722C70D5DC219"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by adding at the end at the following new sentence: <quote>There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000 to the Secretary for the purposes described in the preceding sentence to remain available until expended.</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H82654A41492447D1901400A9F1A541C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="H1F335D9647684DCDAA3CB4BB09FCBA16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>for the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal quarter occurring during the period described in subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>for the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal quarter in which the State provides medical assistance for qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services under this section</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4DDF93F12634134A717F4DD22169965"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>occurring during the period described in subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>occurring during a fiscal quarter</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA375AF906A744D58D774C89D94EDCEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/2">Public Law 117–2</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><section id="HEA2788307B7B497C87895C1C060B7978" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Revisions to the IMD exclusion under Medicaid</header><subsection id="HF4CFD4E0B3B742A4A84F1C82487CCA36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Shrinking of the IMD exclusion under Medicaid</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1905(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, except for, services that, beginning the day after the date of the enactment of the 9–8–8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Implementation Act of 2022, are furnished in psychiatric acute care crisis beds administered by community behavioral health organizations certified under section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, mental health centers that meet the criteria of section 1913(c) of the Public Health Service Act, crisis receiving and stabilization facilities (as defined in section 302(c)(3) of the 9–8–8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Implementation Act of 2022) and the mental health and substance use urgent care facilities (as defined in section 302(c)(5) of such Act)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H0C951BF6C46A4815AE5FD43541585530" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance relating to IMD exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue guidance that crisis stabilization units (as described in section 1905(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(1)</external-xref>) are excluded from the prohibition specified in the parenthetical of paragraph (1) of section 1905(a) (relating to services in an institution for mental diseases), including the following facilities and services:</text><paragraph id="H342C514356344B8FA9E56E0DF4E53F2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subacute crisis receiving in inpatient or other facilities specified by the Secretary that provide short-term observation for all referrals to individuals in severe distress, as further defined by the Secretary, with up to 23 consecutive hours of supervised care to assist with deescalating the severity of a mental health or substance use crisis or need for urgent care in a sub-acute inpatient setting.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5EE0415A9A8F46FA8F2C9179D1DE756D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Short term crisis stabilization services assisting with deescalating the severity of individuals in severe distress, as defined by the Secretary, or need for urgent care associated with a substance use or mental health disorder in an inpatient or residential setting with reimbursement limited to 72 hours.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H112240181F024EC1A9C342BC310C1CED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports on crisis stabilization utilization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees of jurisdiction a report addressing the utilization of facility-based crisis services, including the number of patients served, type and duration of facility-based services, linkage to community-based resources, and information on the total number of law enforcement drop-offs and other data relevant for diverting mental health and substance use disorder emergencies from law enforcement response. </text></subsection></section><section id="H740B3D76634E41918AA65AA7D1A0C78C"><enum>403.</enum><header>Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment</header><subsection id="H5D5CE4BFF6934C8FA0F733C64E06CFC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of community mental health services demonstration program</header><text>Section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a</external-xref> note) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H05D260EB84D9432BA6BC6C659180001E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block id="HF1F28ED9F9FD4F93892A794C7F8D282A" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H9F307F0926E64255A0D85456887C6B97"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Planning grants for additional states</header><text>In addition to the planning grants awarded under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall award planning grants to States (other than States selected to conduct demonstration programs under paragraphs (1) or (8) of subsection (d)) for the purpose of developing proposals to participate in time-limited demonstration programs described in subsection (d).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8D9780DE8B341519FAD0FE4BBAAB35B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="H366358F897F94DCAAED3DF63C6A4DCFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Subject to paragraph (8)</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to paragraphs (8) and (9)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F6D430CF2BF4D1B9B23AC78035B1C30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(C)(iii)(II), by inserting <quote>or paragraph (9)</quote> after <quote>paragraph (8)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H541BF40816E3471E89ADE76C67723208"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text><clause id="HBF5DB3ED45A848FEBAB70848ABDEB2D6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>through the year in which the last demonstration under this section ends</quote> after <quote>annually thereafter</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H08EBFB2F433E4D50BD7E014EEBBE1AC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="H2867F59FBB9E4376A4F2D38AEB3D4CB0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>December 31, 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2023</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H814CE13C23A74164B50C258F3A9B660D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Such recommendations shall include data collected after 2019.</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H4919DBFAC3CD493C9CB9F98FF5F38C43"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block id="H161425EFB2EE46128AFAFDB1A3315D86" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H678C24C40FB246B68FC1E4D837F57ADE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Final evaluation</header><text>Not later than 18 months after all demonstration programs under this section have ended, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a final evaluation of such programs.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB686048ED15425DB7356A97F5951A4C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block id="H92D7E948690A4189BD4A93E5F4B37706" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HA6D409CDAD7043FC9362D2100C15A864"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Further additional programs</header><text>In addition to the States selected under paragraphs (1) and (8), the Secretary shall select any State that submits an application that includes such information as the Secretary shall require to conduct a demonstration program that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) and paragraphs (4) through (7) for 2 years or through September 30, 2023, whichever is longer.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F544EA0F7BE477C8DB50AB2705F0174"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting <quote>, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2022</quote> before the period.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC0FB73659DD449A69BD3D34759A13D01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certified community behavioral health clinic expansion grants</header><text>Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290dd">42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H50F36506DC174C54A47903FB0CBF61B9" style="OLC"><section id="H3EA701FAB7CB4A40ACA09AF9DA35809D"><enum>553.</enum><header>Certified community behavioral health clinic expansion grants</header><subsection id="HF014904D3756417AA53C03EF918A6097"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall award grants to communities and community organizations that meet the criteria for certified community behavioral health clinics under section 223(a) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act A of 2014. Grants awarded under this subsection shall be for a period of not more than 5 years.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD254A0E6C27C4E8083AB2CBD1AF03A6B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Assistant Secretary may provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance through appropriate contract procedures to entities receiving grants under subsection (a), or to health or social service providers pursuing certified community behavioral health clinics status or partnering with certified community behavioral health clinics, State policymakers considering certified community behavioral health clinics implementation under the Medicaid program, and other stakeholders to facilitate successful implementation of the certification model.</text></subsection><subsection id="H7854D15243C14B3B9E9391641D059D1D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><paragraph id="H8C7B6BC329B94A2BB7B1FEBA0A9C86F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant program</header><text>For purposes of awarding grants under subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2024.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D16CF17EAA845BE88F5DED0F636D1B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>For purposes of carrying out the technical assistance program under subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>