US Congress House Bill 5989 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 22 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Excellence in Mental Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to set forth criteria for the certification of federally-qualified community behavioral health centers. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make such centers eligible for payments for services under Medicaid. Amends the PHSA to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to states or Indian tribes to expend funds for the construction or modernization of facilities used to provide mental health and substance abuse services to individuals. Expands the 340B drug discount program (a program limiting the cost of covered outpatient drugs to certain federal grantees) to allow participation by entities providing community mental health services or providing treatment services for substance abuse.

Excellence in Mental Health Act

Rep Matsui, Doris O.	Rep Capps, Lois	Rep Cicilline, David N.	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy
Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Engel, Eliot L.	Rep Loebsack, David	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-06-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB2256 (Related) 2012-03-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2247-2248)
SB2257 (Related) 2012-03-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2248-2250)

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN05989:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr5989ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr5989ih.pdf