Bill > S4170

This bill, the Mental Health Reform Reauthorization Act of 2022, seeks to reauthorize and expand various programs related to mental health and substance use disorder services. Key provisions include: - Increasing funding for the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program and requiring states to allocate at least 5% of those funds for crisis care and 5% for early identification and intervention programs. - Reauthorizing and increasing funding for the Grants for Jail Diversion Programs and the Assisted Outpatient Treatment program. - Providing grants to states to implement and enforce mental health and substance use disorder parity laws. - Reauthorizing and increasing funding for the Minority Fellowship Program, Priority Mental Health Needs programs, and other mental health workforce development initiatives. - Expanding the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Grant Program to provide more support for schools and emergency departments. - Requiring reviews and guidance on improving access to evidence-based treatments for serious mental illness and serious emotional disturbance under Medicaid and Medicare. Overall, the bill aims to bolster the federal government's support for mental health and substance use disorder services and programs across the country.

Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4170/all-info