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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-544
IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS FROM THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ACT OF 2020
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2519]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2519) to authorize the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for
Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, to award grants to implement innovative
approaches to securing prompt access to appropriate follow-on care
for individuals who experience an acute mental health episode and
present for care in an emergency department, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 3
II. Background and Need for the Legislation ................................................... 3
III. Com m ittee H earings ...................................................................................... 4
IV . Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 5
V . C om m ittee V otes ............................................................................................ 5
V I. O versight Findings ........................................................................................ 5
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 5
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ....................................................................... 6
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ......................... 6
X. Duplication of Federal Program s .................................................................. 6
XI. Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ............................................................................. 6
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .................. 6
XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .................................................................... 6
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ............................................................. 6
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ........................................... 6
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 7
The amendment is as follows:
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