On the recordMarch 29, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: S. 2257 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Excellence in Mental Health Act''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS. Section 1913 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x 2) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ``community mental health services'' and inserting ``behavioral health services (of the type offered by federally-qualified community behavioral health centers consistent with subsection (c)(3))''; (2) in subsection (b)-- (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ``(1) services under the plan will be provided only through appropriate, qualified community programs (which may include federally-qualified community behavioral health centers, child mental health programs, psychosocial rehabilitation programs, mental health peer-support programs, outpatient addiction treatment programs, acute detoxification services, and mental health primary consumer-directed programs); and''; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``community mental health centers'' and inserting ``federally-qualified community behavioral health centers''; and (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: ``(c) Criter…
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