,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjfi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ae1     
#bjba,ms4 ,stabenow 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,blunt1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,ms4 
,cortez ,masto1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 ,ms4       
,smith1 and ,mr4 ,tester7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to expand the     
,medicaid certified community behavioral
 health clinic demonstration program and
 to authorize funding for additional    
grants to certified community behavioral
 health clinics4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,excellence in
 ,mental ,health and ,addiction         
,treatment ,act of #bjba4  #b4          
,expansion of community mental health   
services demonstration program ,section 
#bbc of the ,protecting ,access to      
,medicare ,act of #bjad 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#acif;a note7 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
subsection 7c71 by adding at the end the
 following new paragraph3  7#c7         

,planning grants for additional ,states 
,in addition to the planning grants     
awarded under paragraph 7#a71 the       
,secretary shall award planning grants  
to ,states 7other than ,states selected 
to conduct demonstration programs under 
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#h7 of subsection    
7d77 for the purpose of developing      
proposals to participate in time-limited
 demonstration programs described in    
subsection 7d74  2  7#b7 in subsection  
7d7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#c71 by        
striking ,subject to paragraph 7#h7 and 
inserting ,subject to paragraphs 7#h7   
and 7#i72  7,b7 in paragraph            
7#e77;,c77iii77,,ii71 by inserting or   
paragraph 7#i7 after paragraph 7#h72    
7,c7 in paragraph 7#g7-- 7i7 in         
subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting through 
the year in which the last demonstration
 under this section ends after annually 
thereafter2  7ii7 in subparagraph 7,b7--
 7,i7 by striking ,december #ca1 #bjba  
and inserting ,september #cj1 #bjbc2 and
  7,,ii7 by adding at the end the       

following new sentence3 ,such           
recommendations shall include data      
collected after #bjai42 and  7iii7 by   
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,c7 ,final evaluation   
,not later than #ah months after all    
demonstration programs under this       
section have ended1 the ,secretary shall
 submit to ,congress a final evaluation 
of such programs4  2 and  7,d7 by adding
 at the end the following new paragraph3
  7#i7 ,further additional programs ,in 
addition to the ,states selected under  
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#h71 the ,secretary
 shall select any ,state that submits an
 application that includes such         
information as the ,secretary shall     
require to conduct a demonstration      
program that meets the requirements of  
this subsection for #b years or through 
,september #cj1 #bjbc1 whichever is     
longer4  2 and  7#c7 in subsection      
7f77#a77;,b71 by inserting 1 and        
#dj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjba before
 the period4  #c4 ,certified community  

behavioral health clinic expansion      
grants ,part ,d of title ,v of the      
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bij;dd et seq47 is amended by
 adding at the end the following3  #eec4
 ,certified community behavioral health 
clinic expansion grants  7a7 ,in general
 ,the ,assistant ,secretary shall award 
grants to communities and community     
organizations that meet the criteria for
 certified community behavioral health  
clinics under section #bbc7;a7 of the   
,protecting ,access to ,medicare ,act ,a
 of #bjad4 ,grants awarded under this   
subsection shall be for a period of not 
more than #e years4  7b7 ,technical     
assistance ,the ,assistant ,secretary   
may provide appropriate information1    
training1 and technical assistance      
through appropriate contract procedures 
to entities receiving grants under      
subsection 7a71 or to health or social  
service providers pursuing certified    
community behavioral health clinics     
status or partnering with certified     

community behavioral health clinics1    
,state policymakers considering         
certified community behavioral health   
clinics implementation under the        
,medicaid program1 and other            
stakeholders to facilitate successful   
implementation of the certification     
model4  7c7 ,authorization of           
appropriations  7#a7 ,grant program ,for
 purposes of awarding grants under      
subsection 7a71 there is authorized to  
be appropriated #ejj1jjj1jjj for the    
period of fiscal years #bjbb through    
#bjbd4  7#b7 ,technical assistance ,for 
purposes of carrying out the technical  
assistance program under subsection 7b71
 there are authorized to be appropriated
 #e1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjbb through #bjbf4  4