Advancing Student Services In Schools Today Act or the ASSIST Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to, among others, local educational agencies to increase the number of mental health and substance use disorder care providers in schools and school-based health centers. It also increases the federal government's share of Medicaid costs for behavioral health services furnished in those settings.
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Advancing Student Services In Schools Today Act
USA117th CongressHR-7672| House
| Updated: 5/6/2022
Advancing Student Services In Schools Today Act or the ASSIST Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to, among others, local educational agencies to increase the number of mental health and substance use disorder care providers in schools and school-based health centers. It also increases the federal government's share of Medicaid costs for behavioral health services furnished in those settings.
Elementary and secondary educationGovernment information and archivesHealth programs administration and fundingHigher educationIntergovernmental relationsMedicaidMental healthState and local government operations