,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ica  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #aa          
7legislative day1 ,march #aj71 #bjbe,ms4
 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself and ,mr4   
,cornyn7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to provide incentives for
 behavioral health integration4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,connecting ,our ,medical ,providers
 with ,links to ,expand ,tailored and   
,effective ,care or the ,,complete ,care
 ,act4  #b4 ,medicare incentives for    
behavioral health integration with      
primary care  7a7 ,incentives  7#a7 ,in 
general ,section #ahdh7;b7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciew-#d7;b77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#ac7 ,incentives for behavioral health 
integration  7,a7 ,in general ,for      
services described in subparagraph 7,b7 

that are furnished during #bjbg1 #bjbh1 
or #bjbi1 instead of the payment amount 
that would otherwise be determined under
 this section for such year1 the payment
 amount shall be equal to the applicable
 percent 7as defined in subparagraph    
7,c77 of such payment amount for such   
year4  7,b7 ,services described ,the    
services described in this subparagraph 
are services identified1 as of ,january 
#a1 #bjbd1 by ,,hcpcs codes #iidhd1     
#iidib1 #iidic1 #iidid1 ,g#bbad1 and    
,g#jcbc 7and any successor or similar   
codes as determined appropriate by the  
,secretary74  7,c7 ,applicable percent  
,in this paragraph1 the term applicable 
percent means1 with respect to a service
 described in subparagraph 7,a71 the    
following3 7i7 ,for services furnished  
during #bjbg 1 #age percent4  7ii7 ,for 
services furnished during #bjbh1 #aej   
percent4  7iii7 ,for services furnished 
during #bjbi1 #abe percent4  4  7#b7    
,waiver of budget neutrality ,section   
#ahdh7;c77#b77;,b77iv7 of such ,act 7#db

 ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#d7;c77#b77;,b77iv77  
is amended-- 7,a7 in subclause 7,v71 by 
striking and at the end2  7,b7 in       
subclause 7,,vi71 by striking the period
 at the end and inserting 2 and and     
7,c7 by adding at the end the following 
new subclause3  7,,vii7 the increase in 
payment amounts as a result of the      
application of subsection 7b77#ac7 shall
 not be taken into account in applying  
clause 7ii77,,ii7 for #bjbg1 #bjbh1 or  
#bjbi4  4  7b7 ,technical assistance for
 the adoption of behavioral health      
integration  7#a7 ,in general ,not later
 than ,january #a1 #bjbf1 the ,secretary
 of ,health and ,human ,services 7in    
this subsection referred to as the      
,secretary7 shall enter into contracts  
or agreements with appropriate entities 
to offer technical assistance to primary
 care practices that are seeking to     
adopt behavioral health integration     
models in such practices4  7#b7         
,behavioral health integration models   
,for purposes of paragraph 7#a71        

behavioral health integration models    
include the ,collaborative ,care ,model 
7with services identified as of ,january
 #a1 #bjbd1 by ,,hcpcs codes #iidib1    
#iidic1 #iidid1 and ,g#bbad 7and any    
successor codes771 the ,primary ,care   
,behavioral ,health model 7with services
 identified as of ,january #a1 #bjbd1 by
 ,,hcpcs codes #iidhd and ,g#jcbc 7and  
any successor code771 and other models  
identified by the ,secretary4  7#c7     
,implementation ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law1 the ,secretary  
may implement the provisions of this    
subsection by program instruction or    
otherwise4  7#d7 ,funding ,in addition  
to amounts otherwise available1 there is
 appropriated to the ,secretary for each
 of fiscal years #bjbe through #bjbi1   
out of any money in the ,treasury not   
otherwise appropriated1 such sums as are
 necessary1 to remain available until   
expended1 for purposes of carrying out  
this subsection4