To amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8201 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8201

To amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers
  to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder
                   services, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2026

Ms. Lee of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred to
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

To amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers
  to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder
                   services, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIRED PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
              CENTERS.

    (a) Inclusion of Behavioral and Mental Health and Substance Use
Disorder Services.--
            (1) In general.--Section 330(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Public
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``and'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in subclause (V), by striking the semicolon at
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(VI) behavioral and mental health
                                and substance use disorder services;''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 330(b)(2) of the Public
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(2)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and
                (D) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively.
    (b) Funding.--Section 10503(b) of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(K), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2)(L), by striking the period at the end
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and
        Human Services to provide enhanced funding to provide the
        services specified in subclause (VI) of section 330(b)(1)(A)(i)
        of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(1)(A)(i)),
        $700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.''.
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