[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10287 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10287

To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act and title XIX of the 
Social Security Act to promote access to mental health crisis response 
                               services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2026

  Ms. Schrier (for herself, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
Fitzpatrick, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. McClellan, and Ms. Barragan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act and title XIX of the 
Social Security Act to promote access to mental health crisis response 
                               services.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``9-8-8 Crisis Response Act''.

SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE PARTNERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM.

    Section 520F(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-
37(e)) is amended by striking ``section, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2025 through 2029'' and inserting the following: ``section--
            ``(1) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 and 2026; 
        and
            ``(2) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 
        2029''.

SEC. 3. REVISIONS TO THE STATE OPTION TO PROVIDE QUALIFYING COMMUNITY-
              BASED MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES AND OTHER 
              SERVICES UNDER STATE PLANS UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1947 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396w-6) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``for qualifying community-based 
                mobile crisis intervention services'' and inserting 
                ``for--
            ``(1) qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention 
        services;
            ``(2) regional and local lifeline call center operations; 
        and
            ``(3) services furnished by crisis receiving and 
        stabilization facilities.''; and
                    (B) by striking ``during the 5-year period'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``85 percent.'' and inserting the 
                following: ``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.''; and
                    (B) by striking ``occurring during the period 
                described in subsection (a) that a State'' and 
                inserting ``in which a State provides medical 
                assistance for qualifying community-based mobile crisis 
                intervention services under this section and'';
            (3) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``for the 
                fiscal year preceding the first fiscal quarter 
                occurring during the period described in subsection 
                (a)'' and inserting ``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''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``occurring 
                during the period described in subsection (a)'' and 
                inserting ``occurring during a fiscal quarter'';
            (4) in subsection (e), by adding at the end at the 
        following new sentence: ``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.''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Definition.--In this section, the term `crisis receiving and 
stabliziation facility' means a facility that--
            ``(1) qualifies for licensure or certification as a crisis 
        receiving and stabilization facility, pursuant to State law of 
        the State in which such facility furnishes the crisis response 
        services;
            ``(2) provides 23-hour observation and assessment chairs or 
        beds and 48-hour crisis stabilization psychiatric beds 
        inclusive of withdrawal management and 24-hour medical 
        monitoring;
            ``(3) provides such services 24 hours per day, 7 days per 
        week using a sliding scale of payment, and neither rejects 
        service nor limits services on the basis of a patient's ability 
        to pay, place of residence, prior forensic engagement, acuity 
        of mental health or substance use condition, intellectual or 
        developmental disability, age or related factors;
            ``(4) supports no-wrong-door admission capacity available 
        to law enforcement officers, emergency medical personnel, and 
        family members; and
            ``(5) maintains an average length of stay of less than 150 
        hours.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the American Rescue Plan 
Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).
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