S. 764 117th Congress Senate

CAHOOTS Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage State Medicaid programs to provide community-based mobile crisis intervention services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 16, 2021 Introduced by: Ron Wyden Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

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Mar 16, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mar 16, 2021

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action March 16, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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