Bill > HR7076

This bill, the Supporting Children's Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022, aims to reauthorize and expand the pediatric mental health care access grant program under the Public Health Service Act. The key provisions include: 1. Reauthorizing the pediatric mental health care access grant program, which provides funding to states and tribal organizations to establish regional networks of pediatric mental health teams to support primary care providers in managing mental health conditions in children and adolescents. The bill increases the authorized funding for this program from $14 million per year to $30 million per year for fiscal years 2026-2027. 2. Allowing nonprofit entities to apply for the grants if the state does not submit an application, and expanding the types of providers that can be part of the pediatric mental health teams to include developmental-behavioral pediatricians. 3. Authorizing an additional $50 million per year for fiscal years 2023-2027 to support the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Promotion, Intervention, and Treatment program, which provides grants for promoting mental health in young children.

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