,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hidb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,kennedy 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,ferguson7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health   
,service ,act to authorize the          
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to award grants to schools and
 school-based health centers to increase
 the number of behavioral health care   
providers in such schools and health    
centers1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,advancing ,student ,services ,in   
,schools ,today ,act or the ,,assist    
,act4  #b4 ,grant program to increase   
the number of behavioral health care    
providers in schools and school-based   
health centers ,subpart ,i of part ,d of
 title ,,iii of the ,public ,health     
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bed;b et  
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   

the following3  #ccj,n4 ,grant program  
to increase behavioral health care      
providers in schools and school-based   
health centers  7a7 ,in general ,not    
later than #c months after the date of  
the enactment of this section1 the      
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
,secretary of ,education1 shall award   
grants to schools and school-based      
health centers to increase the number of
 behavioral health care providers in    
such schools and health centers4  7b7   
,application ,a school or school-based  
health center seeking a grant under this
 section shall submit an application to 
the ,secretary at such time1 in such    
manner1 and accompanied by such         
information as the ,secretary may       
require1 including a description of--   
7#a7 the behavioral health needs of the 
school or health center2 and  7#b7 with 
respect to the student population served
 by the school or health center1 how the
 school or health center will ensure    
that the behavioral health care         

providers increased at the school or    
health center1 and the services         
administered by such providers1 are     
culturally and linguistically diverse4  
7c7 ,reports  7#a7 ,schools and         
school-based health centers ,a school or
 school-based health center receiving a 
grant under this section shall submit an
 annual report to the ,secretary        
accompanied by such information as the  
,secretary may require1 including-- 7,a7
 the number of behavioral health care   
providers increased at the school or    
health center through the grant2  7,b7  
the types of services provided by the   
behavioral health care providers and the
 efficacy of such services2  7,c7 the   
practices used by the school or health  
center to recruit and retain behavioral 
health care providers2 and  7,d7 the    
rates of retention of behavioral health 
care providers at the school or health  
center4  7#b7 ,secretary ,not later than
 #ah months after the date of the       
enactment of this section1 and annually 

thereafter1 the ,secretary shall submit 
to ,congress a report on the            
effectiveness of the grants awarded     
pursuant to this section4  7d7          
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,behavioral health care provider ,the   
term behavioral health care provider    
means an individual who is licensed to  
provide mental and behavioral health    
services1 including-- 7,a7 a school     
counselor2  7,b7 a school psychologist  
or any other psychologist2  7,c7 a      
psychiatrist who specializes in child or
 adolescent psychiatry2 and  7,d7 a     
school social worker4  7#b7 ,school ,the
 term school means-- 7,a7 an elementary 
school or secondary school 7as such     
terms are defined in section #haja of   
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife72  7,b7 an     
institution of higher education 7as     
defined in section #aja of the ,higher  
,education ,act of #aife72 and  7,c7 a  
school operated by the ,bureau of       
,indian ,affairs4  7#c7 ,school-based   

health center ,the term school-based    
health center has the meaning given such
 term in section #cii,z-#a7;a77#c74  4  
#c4 ,increasing the applicable ,,fmap   
for ,state expenditures attributable to 
certain behavioral health services      
,section #aije of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b71 by    
striking and 7ff7 and inserting 7ff71   
and 7gg72 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following new subsection3  7gg7    
7#a7 ,notwithstanding any preceding     
provision of this section1 with respect 
to ,state expenditures for medical      
assistance consisting of behavioral     
health services furnished at a school   
7as defined in section #ccj,n7d7 of the 
,public ,health ,service ,act7 or at a  
school-based health center 7as defined  
in section #cii,z-#a7;a77#c7 of such    
,act7 on or after the date that is #c   
months after the date of the enactment  
of this subsection1 the ,federal medical
 assistance percentage otherwise        

determined under subsection 7b7 shall1  
subject to paragraph 7#b71 be equal to  
#ij percent4  7#b7 ,paragraph 7#a7 shall
 not apply in the case of ,state        
expenditures described in such paragraph
 if application of such paragraph would 
result in a lower ,federal medical      
assistance percentage for such          
expenditures than would otherwise apply 
without application of such paragraph4  
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