S. 3704 117th Congress Senate

ASSIST Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to schools and school-based health centers to increase the number of behavioral health care providers in such schools and health centers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 17, 2022 Introduced by: Raphael G. Warnock Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov

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Feb 17, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 17, 2022

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action February 17, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Advancing Student Services In Schools Today Act or the ASSIST Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to, among others, local educational agencies to increase the number of mental health and substance use disorder care providers in schools and school-based health centers. It also increases the federal government's share of Medicaid costs for behavioral health services furnished in those settings.

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