[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7186 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7186

  To provide for the integration of participant treatment within the 
 Continuum of Care Program with Certified Community Behavioral Health 
                    Clinics, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2024

 Mr. Calvert (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Valadao, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, 
  Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Williams of New York) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the integration of participant treatment within the 
 Continuum of Care Program with Certified Community Behavioral Health 
                    Clinics, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Treatment and Homelessness Housing 
Integration Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF TREATMENT.

    Section 425 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11385) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ``and behavioral health, 
        mental health, substance use disorder treatment'' after 
        ``supportive services''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Behavioral Health, Mental Health, and Substance Use Disorder 
Treatment.--
            ``(1) In general.--Behavioral health, mental health, and 
        substance use disorder treatment shall, to the degree 
        practicable, be provided to qualified program participants and 
        may include--
                    ``(A) crisis behavioral health services;
                    ``(B) screening, assessment, and diagnosis;
                    ``(C) outpatient mental health and substance use 
                services;
                    ``(D) targeted case management services;
                    ``(E) psychiatric rehabilitation services;
                    ``(F) in the case of veterans, intensive, 
                community-based mental healthcare; and
                    ``(G) other treatments provided through a Certified 
                Community Behavioral Health Clinic program.
            ``(2) Qualified participant defined.--In this subsection, 
        the term `qualified participant' means an individual or family 
        member that--
                    ``(A) receives supportive housing, including Rapid 
                Re-Housing, Permanent Supportive Housing, or any other 
                type of housing assistance through the Continuum of 
                Care Program;
                    ``(B) has qualified for supportive housing through 
                receipt of Supplemental Security Income or Social 
                Security Disability Income benefits; or
                    ``(C) is considered a homeless individual with a 
                disability as defined in section 401.''.

SEC. 3. INTEGRATION OF TREATMENT.

    Section 426 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11386) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Integration of Treatment.--Each recipient or project sponsor 
shall, to the degree practicable, with respect to each homeless 
individual or homeless family residing in a project that provides 
supportive housing, integrate treatment for qualified participants with 
a regional Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic to provide 
behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder treatment for 
such individual or family if--
            ``(1) there is a Certified Community Behavioral Health 
        Clinic within 50 miles of the project and such clinic serves 
        participants of the Continuum of Care Program; and
            ``(2) the participant qualified to reside in the project 
        through the receipt of benefits paid through the Supplemental 
        Security Income program or the Social Security Disability 
        Insurance program.''.

SEC. 4. ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.

    Section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11386) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Set-Aside for Integration With Certified Community Behavioral 
Health Clinics.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not less than 2 percent of the amounts 
        made available to carry out this subtitle each year shall be 
        used to facilitate integration with Certified Community 
        Behavioral Health Clinics with respect to behavioral health, 
        mental health, substance use disorder treatment for individuals 
        and families who qualify for supportive housing through 
        Supplemental Security Income or the Social Security Disability 
        Insurance program.
            ``(2) Incentives.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Out the amounts set aside in 
                paragraph (1), the Secretary may provide bonuses or 
                other incentives to projects located in areas where 
                there are high numbers of homeless individuals, as 
                reported in the most recent point in time count for the 
                region in which the project is located.
                    ``(B) Amount.--
                            ``(i) In general.--With respect to the 
                        bonuses and incentives described in 
                        subparagraph (A), the Secretary may provide 
                        $500,000 or more for each 1,000 homeless 
                        individuals in the area in which the project is 
                        located.
                            ``(ii) Caps.--Notwithstanding clause (i), 
                        the Secretary may not provide--
                                    ``(I) more than $2,000,000 to any 1 
                                project; or
                                    ``(II) more than $5,000,000 in the 
                                aggregate to projects in a single 
                                region.''.

SEC. 5. EXEMPTION.

    Section 425(e) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11385(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Exemption.--The requirements described in this 
        subsection may not be applied if the application for assistance 
        under this subtitle that includes the provision of outpatient 
        health services also describes a plan to provide such services 
        through a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.''.

SEC. 6. REPORT.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, not later 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every year there 
after for 5 years, submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that describes the progress the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development has made with respect to 
implementing the amendments made under this Act.
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