HR 161
115th Congress
House
Health
Disability and paralysis
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family services
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Mental health
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act
Introduced: January 3, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to design national strategies and implement programs to address chronic homelessness.
To promote an end to chronic homelessness, the Department of Health and Human Services must award grants to provide:
- mental health services;
- substance use disorder treatment;
- integrated, coordinated treatment for co-occurring disorders;
- health education;
- services designed to help individuals and families make progress toward self-sufficiency; and
- other supportive services that promote an end to chronic homelessness.
Priority for grants is given to applicants that target services to individuals and families who have experienced more homelessness, use more public emergency care, or have a history with the criminal justice system.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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