S2993-118

Introduced

To amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to permanently authorize certified community behavioral health clinics, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 28, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to permanently authorize certified community behavioral health clinics, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Social Welfare, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act . The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section idf6925f84b2a94dcc959690746580d388: 101. Establishing Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Services as a Medicaid State Plan Option Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....
  • Section id6a2093d588284f05b1664d79b8a488a0: 102. Establishing a Medicaid Prospective Payment System for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....
  • Section id08937b0c359c47ba8ba4143ff932a7d6: 201. Coverage of certified community behavioral health clinic services under the Medicare program Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....
  • Section id65fa2d06a2ce45fdb25d3898d9636ae4: 301. Operating grants for community behavioral health clinics Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to permanently authorize certified community behavioral health clinics, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Social Welfare, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to permanently authorize certified community behavioral health clinics, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Social Welfare Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 28, 2023

Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Social Welfare Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"certified community behavioral health clinic" §idf6925f84b2a94dcc959690746580d388

an organization that— is engaged in furnishing to patients all of the services described in paragraph (1)

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

Learn more about our methodology