Mental Health Workforce for Kids Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and makes other changes to a demonstration program that supports integrating primary care and behavioral health care in underserved, community-based settings through the provision of training to health care providers. Specific changes include expanding the types of providers who may receive training through the program and incorporating a particular focus on pediatrics.
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[S. 5248 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5248
To reauthorize the training demonstration program, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 13, 2022
Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To reauthorize the training demonstration program, and for other
purposes.
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 ``Mental Health Workforce for Kids
Act''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF TRAINING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM WITH
PROVISIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH CARE
WORKFORCE.
Section 760 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294k) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking ``nurse practitioners,
physician assistants, health service
psychologists, and social workers'' and
inserting ``registered nurses and nurse
practitioners, physician assistants, health
service psychologists, counselors, social
workers, and other health care providers (as
the Secretary determines appropriate to provide
trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate
care for pediatric mental health,
developmental, and substance use disorders)'';
and
(ii) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or
pediatric mental health and substance use
disorder care'' after ``addiction''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
period and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) training for provisionally licensed mental health and
substance use disorder professionals in underserved community-
based settings.'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(i)--
(i) in subclause (l), by inserting ``or
child and adolescent psychiatry'' after
``addiction medicine''; and
(ii) in subclause (ll), by inserting ``or
child and adolescent psychiatry'' after
``addiction medicine''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Support for provisionally-licensed providers.--A
recipient of a grant under subsection (a)(4)--
``(A) shall use the grant funds to provide clinical
training or to provide trainee support, including in
the form of stipends, to individuals pursuing
postgraduate supervised clinical training required for
licensure to provide mental and behavioral health
services, public health services, or primary care
services, as appropriate; and
``(B) may use the grant funds to provide additional
support for the administration of the program or to
meet the costs of projects to establish, maintain, or
improve clinical supervision or departments, divisions,
or other units necessary to implement such program.'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(II), by inserting ``or
child and adolescent psychiatry'' after ``addiction
medicine'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``;
or'' and inserting a semicolon;
(ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking
``nurse practitioners, physician assistants,
health service psychologists, and social
workers.'' and inserting ``registered nurses
and nurse practitioners, physician assistants,
health service psychologists, counselors,
social workers, and other health care providers
(as the Secretary determines appropriate to
provide trauma-informed, developmentally
appropriate care for pediatric mental health,
developmental, and substance use disorders);
or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(G) a children's hospital or children's health
system providing pediatric health services--
``(i) to a high percentage of children
covered under a State Medicaid program under
title XIX of the Social Security Act or a State
Children's Health Insurance program under title
XXI of such Act; or
``(ii) in a rural community.''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Support for provisionally-licensed providers.--To be
eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a)(4), an entity
shall be--
``(A) an accredited institution of higher education
that provides clinical training to provisionally
licensed professionals;
``(B) an accredited professional training program
that provides clinical training to provisionally
licensed professionals; or
``(C) a nonprofit private or public organization
that provides clinical training to provisionally
licensed professionals, as the Secretary determines
appropriate.'';
(4) in subsection (d)(1)(A)--
(A) by striking ``nurse practitioners'' and
inserting ``health service psychologists, counselors,
registered nurses, nurse practitioners''; and
(B) by inserting ``or pediatric mental health and
substance use disorder care'' after ``addiction
medicine''; and
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ``$10,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2018 through 2022'' and inserting ``such sums
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2023 through
2027''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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