Bill > S2938

This bill, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, makes a number of changes to address mental health, firearms, and school safety issues: It expands a community mental health services demonstration program, provides guidance to states on using Medicaid and CHIP to expand telehealth access, and supports providing medical services in schools. It also requires reviews of state implementation of Medicaid's early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services, and provides funding for pediatric mental health care access grants. Regarding firearms, the bill improves the National Instant Criminal Background Check System's examination of juvenile records, defines "engaged in the business" for firearms sales, allows Byrne grant funds to be used for state crisis intervention programs, and creates new federal crimes for straw purchasing and firearms trafficking. The bill also establishes a Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Evidence-based Practices to identify and publish best practices to improve school safety, and provides funding for various school safety and mental health programs.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2938/all-info