Bill Details
HR.577 - 119th Congress
Status
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2025-01-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced Date
2025-01-21
Policy Area
Housing and Community Development
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This bill would create a new HUD demonstration program that gives a small number of grants to local homeless services groups so they can connect eligible people in supportive housing with certified community behavioral health clinics. The goal is to make it easier for people experiencing homelessness, especially those with disabilities, to get mental health care, substance use treatment, and other behavioral health services. The program would start within 180 days after the law takes effect and would focus on areas with high homelessness and nearby access to these clinics. It would also require HUD to study the results and report back to Congress after the program ends.
- HUD would award no more than 10 grants to eligible Continuum of Care groups that serve homeless people in one of the five states with the highest homelessness per person.
- To qualify, the local program must be within 50 miles of a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.
- The program would serve “qualified participants,” including people in supportive housing, people who receive disability benefits, and homeless individuals with disabilities.
- HUD would have to report on how well the program worked, including how many people it served and how many received disability benefits.
The bill authorizes $50 million for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 to run the program, and up to 10% of that money could be used for technical help and for preparing the required report.
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[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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