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 improve the pediatric mental health care access grant program.
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 subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1)—
in subparagraph (G)—
by inserting “developmental-behavioral pediatricians,” after “adolescent psychiatrists,”; and
by inserting “, and which may include addiction specialists,” after “mental health counselors”;
in subparagraph (H), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
in subparagraph (I), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(J) maintain an up-to-date list of community-based supports for children with mental health problems.”
in paragraph (2), by inserting “, and which may include a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and an addiction specialist” before the period at the end of the first sentence; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(3) 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.”
by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h);
by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
“(g) Technical assistance—The Secretary may award a grant to an eligible entity for purposes of providing technical assistance to recipients of grants under subsection (a).”
in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by striking “$9,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022” and inserting “such sums as may be necessary for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2027”.