CAHOOTS Act
- Last Action
- 3/16/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-16Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2021-03-16Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-16 (00)
Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets Act or the CAHOOTS Act
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain community-based mobile crisis intervention services for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance-use disorder crisis outside of a facility setting.
Among other requirements, such services must be (1) provided by multidisciplinary teams composed of behavioral health professionals who are trained in trauma care and de-escalation techniques, (2) available 24-7, and (3) voluntary for the individual experiencing the mental health or substance-use disorder crisis.
The bill provides an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such services, as well as specified funds for state planning and evaluation grants.
Cosponsors (8)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Subjects
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government information and archives
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Medicaid
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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