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                                                JULY 25, 2022
 
                                        RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 117-63  
 
                                    TEXT OF H.R. 1368, THE MENTAL HEALTH

                                            JUSTICE ACT OF 2022     

                                [Showing the text of H.R. 1368, as introduced, with

                                               modifications.]                                  



                         1  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  

                         2      This Act may be cited as the ``Mental Health Justice

                         3  Act of 2022''.  

                         4  SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO  

                         5              ACT AS FIRST RESPONDERS.  

                         6       Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health

                         7  Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-31 et seq.) is amended by

                         8  adding at the end the following:  

                         9  ``SEC. 520N. GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFES-  

                        10              SIONALS TO ACT AS FIRST RESPONDERS.  

                        11       ``(a) IN GENERAL.--The Secretary, acting through 

                        12  the Assistant Secretary, and in consultation with the As-  

                        13  sistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of  

                        14  the Department of Justice, shall award grants to States,  

                        15  Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Urban Indian organi-  

                        16  zations, and political subdivisions thereof to establish or  

                        17  expand programs--


             
             
             
             
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