Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Supporting Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022”.
Supporting Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the pediatric mental health care access grant program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Pediatric mental health care access grants
Section 330M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–19) is amended—
in the section enumerator, by striking “330M” and inserting “330M.”;
in subsection (a)—
by striking “Indian tribes and tribal organizations” and inserting “Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations”; and
by inserting “or, in the case of a State that does not submit an application, a nonprofit entity that has the support of the State” after “450b))”;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1)—
in subparagraph (G), by inserting “developmental-behavioral pediatricians,” after “adolescent psychiatrists,”;
in subparagraph (H), by striking “; and” at the end and inserting a semicolon;
by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (J); and
by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following:
“(I) maintain an up-to-date list of community-based supports for children with mental health problems; and”
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
“(2) Support to schools and emergency departments—In addition to the required activities specified in paragraph (1), a statewide or regional network of pediatric mental health teams referred to in subsection (a), with respect to which a grant under such subsection may be used, may provide support to schools and emergency departments.”
in paragraph (3), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by inserting “Such a team may include a developmental-behavioral pediatrician.” after “mental health counselor.”;
in subsections (c), (d), and (f), by striking “Indian tribe, or tribal organization” each place it appears and inserting “Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or nonprofit entity”; and
by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
“(g) Technical assistance—The Secretary shall award grants or contracts to one or more eligible entities (as defined by the Secretary) for the purposes of providing technical assistance and evaluation support to grantees under subsection (a).
“(h) Authorization of appropriations—To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated—
“(1) $14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025; and
“(2) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2027.”
Sec. 3 Infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment
Section 399Z–2(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–6(f)) is amended by striking “$20,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022” and inserting “$50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2027”.