Helping Kids Cope Act
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Helping Kids Cope Act
This bill establishes programs within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support pediatric behavioral health care.
Specifically, HRSA must award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible health care providers for (1) integrating and coordinating pediatric behavioral health care within communities, and (2) pediatric mental health and substance use disorder workforce training.
Additionally, HRSA must award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to hospitals or rural health clinics that predominately treat individuals under age 21 for expanding their capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services. Recipients may use awards for constructing or modernizing sites of care and enhancing digital infrastructure, telehealth capabilities, or other improvements to patient care infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2412: Helping Kids Cope Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2412/
"H.R. 2412: Helping Kids Cope Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2412/.
H.R. 2412, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2412/.
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