Continuing Access to Mental and Behavioral Health Care Act

Continuing Access to Mental and Behavioral Health Care Act

This bill temporarily extends the Medicaid demonstration program for certified community behavioral health clinics.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3074 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3074

 To amend the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 to extend the 
 Medicaid demonstration programs to improve access to community mental 
                            health services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2019

  Mr. Walden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 to extend the 
 Medicaid demonstration programs to improve access to community mental 
                            health services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Access to Mental and 
Behavioral Health Care Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DEMONSTRATION 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 223(d)(3) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 
(42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by striking ``for 2 years or through 
June 30, 2019,'' and inserting ``for 4 years or through June 30, 
2021,''.
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