Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act
Latest action · Nov 2, 2021 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.
- IntroducedOct 19, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act
This bill establishes requirements, expands health insurance coverage, and directs other activities to support the provision of behavioral health crisis services along a continuum of care.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish standards for a behavioral health crisis continuum of care that health care providers and communities may use in responding to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. This continuum of care must include 24-7 crisis hotlines, emergency treatment, stabilization services, and other specified components.
In addition, the bill expands health insurance coverage for behavioral health crisis services. It also expands the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant to assist states and territories with developing the infrastructure to provide crisis response services.
Furthermore, HHS, in consultation with the Department of Justice, must convene an expert panel to make recommendations concerning training for emergency services dispatchers and crisis call center personnel to respond appropriately to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 19, 2021 to Jul 26, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Oct 19, 2021 |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Original | Oct 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Oct 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Nov 17, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Nov 17, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 23, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Nov 30, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Nov 30, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Dec 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Dec 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Apr 27, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jun 23, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jul 26, 2022 |
Committees 5
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 Oct 19, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 20, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 2, 2021 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 19, 2021Introduced in House
- Oct 19, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Oct 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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. 167, no. 183, October 19, 2021, page H5673.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1902 | Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act | Identical bill | May 27, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To empower communities to establish a continuum of care for individuals experiencing mental or behavioral health crisis, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2021Introduced 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.
