119-hr577

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 577 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 577

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a 
 demonstration program to refer qualified participants within the 
 Continuum of Care Program to Certified Community Behavioral Health 
 Clinics for certain treatment, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 21, 2025

 Mr. Calvert (for himself and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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 A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a 
 demonstration program to refer qualified participants within the 
 Continuum of Care Program to Certified Community Behavioral Health 
 Clinics for certain treatment, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Treatment and Homelessness Housing 
Integration Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. INTEGRATION OF TREATMENT PLANS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall establish a demonstration program to award not more 
than 10 grants to eligible entities to refer qualified participants to 
a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic for behavioral health, 
mental health, and substance use disorder treatment.

    (b) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
section, an entity shall be a Continuum of Care that is located--

    (1) in 1 of the 5 States with the highest number of 
 homeless individuals per capita, as determined by the 
 Secretary; and

    (2) within 50 miles of a Certified Community Behavioral 
 Health Clinic.
            (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the termination of the 
demonstration program, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
report that includes--

    (1) performance measures of the demonstration program; and

    (2) the number of qualified participants served by the 
 demonstration program that receive disability insurance 
 benefits under title II of the Social Security Act or 
 supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of such 
 Act.
            (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--

    (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
 the Secretary $50,000,000 for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 to 
 carry out this section.

    (2) Set-aside.--Of amounts made available under paragraph

    (1) , the Secretary may set aside 10 percent of such amounts 
 to--
        (A) provide technical assistance to eligible 
 entities; and
        (B) complete the report described in subsection
            (c) .

    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Continuum of care.--The term ``Continuum of Care'' 
 means a collaborative applicant established and operating for a 
 geographic area for purposes of the Continuum of Care Program 
 under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.).

    (2) Certified community behavioral health clinic.--The term 
 ``Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic'' has the 
 meaning given the term in 

section 1905 of the Social Security 
 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d).

    (3) Qualified participant.--The term ``qualified 
 participant'' means an individual that--
        (A) receives supportive housing through the 
 Continuum of Care Program under subtitle C of title IV 
 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.);
        (B) has qualified for supportive housing through 
 receipt of disability insurance benefits under title II 
 of the Social Security Act or supplemental security 
 income benefits under title XVI of such Act; or
            (C) is considered a homeless individual with a 
 disability, as defined in 

section 401 of the McKinney-
 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360).

    (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of Housing and Urban Development.
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