To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to increase national capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services at children’s hospitals and through community-based providers to improve children’s access to care; and to authorize grants to begin to address large numbers of children boarding in emergency departments, to support the pediatric behavioral health workforce, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates grant programs to support pediatric behavioral health care Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C, creates 340A–1. Program to improve access to community-based pediatric behavioral health care The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants, and creates 340A–2. Pediatric behavioral health workforce training program The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative. It relies on appropriations, grants, compliance mandates, and procurement rules. The main policy areas are Education, Agriculture, Healthcare, and Environment.
Who Benefits and How
Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill could gain revenue opportunities, Agricultural producers and rural communities affected by the bill could gain revenue opportunities, and Educational institutions and students affected by the bill could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates grant programs to support pediatric behavioral health care Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
- Creates 340A–1. Program to improve access to community-based pediatric behavioral health care The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants...
- Creates 340A–2. Pediatric behavioral health workforce training program The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative...
- Creates increasing Federal investment in pediatric behavioral health services The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
- Creates increasing Federal investment in pediatric behavioral health services The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants, contracts...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates grant programs to support pediatric behavioral health care Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C, creates 340A–1. Program to improve access to community-based pediatric behavioral health care The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants, and creates 340A–2. Pediatric behavioral health workforce training program The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Agriculture, Healthcare, Environment
Primary Purpose
The bill creates grant programs to support pediatric behavioral health care Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C, creates 340A–1. Program to improve access to community-based pediatric behavioral health care The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants, and creates 340A–2. Pediatric behavioral health workforce training program The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative.
Policy Domains
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Identified Gains
- Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill
- Agricultural producers and rural communities affected by the bill
- Educational institutions and students affected by the bill
- Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill
- Energy producers and energy supply-chain firms affected by the bill
Identified Costs
- Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Blunt Rochester (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the …
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