,,ii  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,s4 #ccjj  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,decemb] #b1 #bjbe,mrs4
 ,blackburn introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i*
 0 read twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee  
on ,f9ance  ,a ,,bill  ,to am5d title   
,,xix ( ! ,social ,security ,act to     
e/abli% a ,/ate option to provide m$ical
 assi/ance to c]ta9 individuals ) s]i\s 
m5tal illness or sub/ance use disord]4  
#a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z 
! ,access to ,new ,community ,heal?     
,opportunities & ,recov]y ,act ( #bjbe  
or ! ,,an*or ,act ( #bjbe4  #b4         
,e/abli%+ a ,/ate option to provide     
m$ical assi/ance to c]ta9 individuals ) 
s]i\s m5tal illness or sub/ance use     
disord] ,section #aijb ( ! ,social      
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7  
is am5d$-- 7#a7 9 subsection            
7a77#aj77;,a77ii7-- 7,a7 9 subclause    
7,,xxii71 by /rik+ or at ! end2  7,b7 9 
subclause 7,,xxiii71 by add+ or at !    
end2 &  7,c7 by add+ at ! end ! foll[+  
new subclause3  7,,xxiv7 specifi$       

individuals 7z def9$ 9 p>agraph 7#a7 (  
subsection 7yy771 subject to !          
provisions ( su* subsection2  2 &  7#b7 
by add+ at ! end ! foll[+ new           
subsection3  7yy7 ,specifi$ individuals 
7#a7 ,def9ition ,= purposes ( subsection
 7a77#aj77;,a77ii77,,xxiv71 ! t]m       
specifi$ individual means an            
individual-- 7,a7 :o is an un9sur$      
individual 7z def9$ 9 subsection 7ss772 
7,b7 ^: income 7z det]m9$ "u subsection 
7e77#ad77 does n exce$ #ajj p]c5t ( !   
pov]ty l9e 7z def9$ 9 section           
#baaj7;c77#e77 applicable to a family ( 
! size involv$2 &  7,c7 :o has be5      
det]m9$ to h a qualify+ condition 7z    
def9$ 9 p>agraph 7#b77 by-- 7i7 a heal? 
c>e provid]2 or  7ii7 an entity det]m9$ 
appropriate by ! ,/ate1 :i* may         
include-- 7,i7 an em]g5cy dep>tm5t2     
7,,ii7 a cl9ic c]tifi$ by ! ,/ate z a   
c]tifi$ community behavioral heal? cl9ic
 9 accordance ) ! crit]ia describ$ 9    
section #bbc7;a77#a7 ( ! ,protect+      
,access to ,m$ic>e ,act ( #bjad2        

7,,iii7 an entity t receives fund+ f !  
,/ate to provide m5tal heal? or sub/ance
 use disord] s]vices2  7,,iv7 an        
in/itution = m5tal diseases 7z def9$ 9  
section #dce4ajaj ( title #db1 ,code (  
,f$]al ,regulations 7or a successor     
regulation772 or  7,v7 a ,/ate judicial1
 law en=cem5t1 or *ild welf>e ag5cy4    
7#b7 ,qualify+ condition def9$ ,=       
purposes ( p>agraph 7#a77;,c71 ! t]m    
qualify+ condition means any ( ! foll[+3
 7,a7 ,s]i\s m5tal illness4  7,b7 ,s]i\s
 emotional di/urbance4  7,c7 ,opioid use
 disord]4  7,d7 ,/imulant use disord]   
7includ+ ) respect to coca9e or         
me?amphetam9e74  7#c7 ,conditions  7,a7 
,scope ,m$ical assi/ance %all be made   
available to a specifi$ individual 9 !  
same scope & mann] z su* assi/ance is   
made available to individuals describ$ 9
 subsection 7a77#aj77;,a77i74  7,b7     
,duration ,m$ical assi/ance %all be made
 available to a specifi$ individual = an
 initial cont9u\s #a-ye> p]iod4 ,at !   
option ( ! ,/ate1 ! ,/ate may ext5d !   

availability ( su* assi/ance to su*     
individual = subsequ5t cont9u\s #a-ye>  
p]iods1 provid$ t1 prior to ea* su*     
ext5sion1 ! ,/ate r$et]m9es t su*       
individual cont9ues to be a specifi$    
individual4  7#d7 ,ensur+ quality ( c>e 
,a ,/ate %all1 z a condition ( ex]cis+ !
 ,/ate's option to make m$ical assi/ance
 available to specifi$ individuals--    
7,a7 ensure su* individuals h a c>e plan
 develop$ )9 #fj days ( enroll+ = su*   
assi/ance by a physician1 prim>y c>e    
provid]1 em]g5cy dep>tm5t1 cl9ical      
practice or cl9ical gr\p practice1 rural
 cl9ic1 community heal? c5t]1 c]tifi$   
community behavioral heal? cl9ic1 or o!r
 heal? c>e provid] t is det]m9$ by !    
,/ate to be qualifi$ to develop su* a   
plan2 &  7,b7 agree to report !         
behavioral heal? measures ( ! ,core ,set
 ( ,adult ,heal? ,c>e ,quality ,measures
 = ,m$icaid ) respect to su* individuals
 9 accordance ) section #aaci;,b4  4