Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvement.

10/17/2007--Introduced.
Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities for the construction or modernization of facilities to provide mental health and behavioral health services to individuals. Defines an "eligible entity" as:
(1) a state that is the recipient of a Community Mental Health Services Block Grant and a Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant under such Act; or
(2) an Indian tribe or a tribal organization. Includes among grant application requirements assurances that facilities will be used for not less than 10 years for community-based mental health or substance abuse services for those who cannot pay for such services. Permits a grant recipient to request permission to transfer such 10-year obligation to another facility.
Authorizes a state that receives a grant to award a subgrant to a qualified community program for activities such as:
(1) the construction, expansion, and modernization of mental and behavioral health facilities; and
(2) the construction and structural modification of facilities to permit the integrated delivery of behavioral health and primary care of specialty medical services to individuals with co-occurring mental illnesses and chronic medical or surgical diseases at a single service site.
Requires a grant recipient to agree to make available nonfederal contributions matching federal funds provided.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Gordon Smith [R, OR]
• and 5 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
  • Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
  • Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2183

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 17, 2007

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• Oct 17, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Oct 17, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12996)
• Introduced on Oct 17, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.4899

Related Issue Areas:

• State and local government
• Minorities
• Mental health services
• Indian medical care
• 10 more
• Health services administration
• Federal aid to health facilities
• Federal aid to Indians
• Drug abuse treatment
• Drug abuse
• Community health services
• Chronically ill
• Budgets
• Block grants
• Medicine

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