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Keeping Families Together Act

Introduced: October 2, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 27, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 2, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 2, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keeping Families Together Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to States to establish systems of individualized mental health treatment and family support services for children who are in custody or in danger of entering the custody of the state for the purpose of receiving mental health services.

Requires eligible States to: (1) have laws or policies in effect that ensure that children receive appropriate mental health services so that parents do not have to relinquish legal custody of such children; (2) provide matching funds; (3) establish infrastructure for interagency cooperation and cross system financing; and (4) expand public health insurance programs to cover these services after the grant expires.

Establishes a Federal interagency task force to examine mental health issues in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and the role of their agencies in promoting access by children and youth to mental health services.

Amends the Social Security Act to permit the use of the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to provide mental health services to children and youths as an alternative to care in inpatient psychiatric hospitals.

What's happening now October 27, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1704 Identical bill Keeping Families Together Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 2
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Oct 6, 2004
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Oct 6, 2004
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Apr 28, 2004
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 18, 2004
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 2, 2004
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 11, 2004
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 27, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3243: Keeping Families Together Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3243/
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