Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act
Latest action · Mar 6, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to design national strategies and implement programs to address chronic homelessness.
To promote an end to chronic homelessness, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to provide:
- mental health services;
- substance use disorder treatment;
- integrated, coordinated treatment for co-occurring disorders;
- health education;
- services designed to help individuals and families make progress toward self-sufficiency; and
- other supportive services that promote an end to chronic homelessness.
Priority for grants is given to applicants that target services to individuals and families who have experienced more homelessness, use more public emergency care, or have a history with the criminal justice system.
Grantees must: (1) contribute matching funds, (2) not spend more than 20% of a grant providing services to recipients who are not chronically homeless, and (3) annually report specific performance outcomes to HHS.Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2015 to Mar 22, 2016; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Apr 17, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Apr 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 22, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 4, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 4, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 4, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E307-308)
- Mar 4, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E307 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL | Mar 4, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 37, March 4, 2015, page H1616.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-156 | PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2016 HEALTH CARE PROPOSALS266 pages | Finance Committee | Feb 4, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and families, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Disability and paralysis
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Family services
- Health
- Health care quality
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing supply and affordability
- Mental health
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
