Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/3/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-02-28Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2017-02-28Introduced in House
- 2017-02-28Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-28 (00)
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2017
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the Department of Health and Human Services to make loans and loan guarantees: (1) for construction or renovation of psychiatric or substance abuse treatment facilities, and (2) to refinance such loans and loan guarantees. The bill establishes terms and conditions for these loans and loan guarantees.
The bill establishes the Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Trust Fund. Revenues from the loans and loan guarantees that exceed the cost of carrying out the program may be appropriated to the fund. Amounts in the fund are available for block grants for community mental health services.
Cosponsors (20)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
- Tim Murphy (R-PA)
- EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI)
- Katherine Clark (D-MA)
- GENE GREEN (D-TX)
- C. A. Ruppersberger (D-MD)
- Filemon Vela (D-TX)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN)
- Timothy Walz (D-MN)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Chris Collins (R-NY)
- Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- John Rutherford (R-FL)
- MARCY KAPTUR (D-OH)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
Subjects
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Medicaid
- Mental health
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