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S. 3596 117th Congress Senate

CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to disregard State expenditures on health services initiatives to increase access to behavioral health ser… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to disregard State expenditures on health services initiatives to increase access to behavioral health services for children in schools for purposes of the reimbursement limitation on expenditures under the Children's Health Insurance Program that are not related to Medicaid or health insurance assistance.

Introduced: February 8, 2022 Introduced by: John Thune Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 22, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-620.
Feb 8, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S576)
Feb 8, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 22, 2022

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-620.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act

This bill excludes expenditures relating to initiatives for school behavioral health services from the administrative spending cap under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Currently, states may use up to 10% of their total federal CHIP expenditures on outreach, health services initiatives, and certain other activities (i.e., nonbenefit expenditures). The bill excludes health services initiatives relating to school behavioral health services from this limitation; expenditures for these and other nonbenefit expenditures may not exceed 15% of total expenditures.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3596: CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3596/
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"S. 3596: CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3596/.
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S. 3596, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3596/.
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