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Introduced
08/06/2021
08/06/2021
In Committee
08/09/2021
08/09/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2023
01/03/2023
Introduced Session
117th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to children’s hospitals for increasing their capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill, the Children's Mental Health Infrastructure Act of 2021, aims to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to children's hospitals for increasing their capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services. The key provisions of the bill include: (1) authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible children's hospitals to help them construct or modernize sites of care for pediatric behavioral health services, expand their capacity to provide such services, and support the reallocation of existing resources to accommodate pediatric behavioral health patients; (2) specifying that eligible entities must be hospitals that predominantly treat individuals under the age of 21; and (3) appropriating $2 billion per fiscal year from 2022 to 2026 to carry out the grant program.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (64)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Pete Aguilar (D),
Colin Allred (D),
Jake Auchincloss (D),
Don Bacon (R),
Nanette Barragán (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Brendan Boyle (D),
G. Butterfield (D),
Salud Carbajal (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Charlie Crist (D),
Sharice Davids (D),
Madeleine Dean (D),
Diana DeGette (D),
Theodore Deutch (D),
Brian Fitzpatrick (R),
Ruben Gallego (D),
Jenniffer González (R),
Josh Harder (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),
Brian Higgins (D),
Sara Jacobs (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Dan Kildee (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Ron Kind (D),
Ann Kuster (D),
Conor Lamb (D),
John Larson (D),
Al Lawson (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Ted Lieu (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Seth Moulton (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Joe Neguse (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Tom O'Halleran (D),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Chris Pappas (D),
Scott Peters (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Katie Porter (D),
Deborah Ross (D),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
Linda Sánchez (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Albio Sires (D),
Melanie Stansbury (D),
Haley Stevens (D),
Marilyn Strickland (D),
Tom Suozzi (D),
Dina Titus (D),
Lori Trahan (D),
David Trone (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Susan Wild (D),
Nikema Williams (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 08/09/2021)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4943/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr4943/BILLS-117hr4943ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr4943/BILLS-117hr4943ih.pdf.pdf |
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