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CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act

Child health · Health care costs and insurance · Health care coverage and access
Sponsor
Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
R · SD
Key facts
Introduced: Feb 8, 2022
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 1
Congress: 117th
Latest action · Mar 22, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-620.

Summary

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.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Mar 22, 2022
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-620.
  2. Feb 8, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S576)
  3. Feb 8, 2022
    Introduced in Senate

Cosponsors

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