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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1906 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for the prioritization of projects that provide behavioral and |
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| 6 | 6 | | mental health treatment services in selecting grantees under certain |
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| 7 | 7 | | rural development programs, and extend the substance abuse disorder |
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| 8 | 8 | | set-aside and priority under the programs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH6, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | UDZINSKI(for herself, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. T |
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| 14 | 14 | | AYLOR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Committee on Agriculture |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To provide for the prioritization of projects that provide |
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| 18 | 18 | | behavioral and mental health treatment services in select- |
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| 19 | 19 | | ing grantees under certain rural development programs, |
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| 20 | 20 | | and extend the substance abuse disorder set-aside and |
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| 21 | 21 | | priority under the programs. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Wellness Act’’. 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1906 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE BE-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | HAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH TREAT-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | MENT SERVICES IN SELECTING GRANTEES 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | UNDER CERTAIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT PRO-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | GRAMS; EXTENSION OF SUBSTANCE USE DIS-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ORDER SET-ASIDE AND PRIORITY UNDER 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | THE PROGRAMS. 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 6101(a)(1) of the Agriculture Improvement 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 4726) is amended— 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’; 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘20’’ each 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | place it appears and inserting ‘‘17’’; 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) in subparagraph (B)— 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) in clause (ii)— 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (i) by inserting ‘‘or (ii)’’ before ‘‘that 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | receives’’; and 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (ii) by inserting ‘‘or for behavioral 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and mental health treatment, respectively’’ 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | before the period; and 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (iii) and inserting after clause (i) the following: 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(ii) B |
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| 51 | 51 | | EHAVIORAL AND MENTAL 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | HEALTH TREATMENT SELECTION PRI -23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ORITY.—In selecting recipients of direct 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | loans or grants for the development of es-25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | sential community facilities under section 26 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 1906 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 1926(a)), the Secretary shall give priority 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | to entities eligible for those direct loans or 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | grants— 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(I) to develop facilities to pro-6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | vide behavioral and mental health 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | services such as— 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(aa) prevention services; 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(bb) treatment services; 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(cc) recovery services; or 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(dd) any combination of 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | those services; and 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(II) that employ staff that have 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | appropriate expertise and training in 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | how to identify and treat individuals 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | with behavioral and mental health 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | concerns.’’; and 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (4) by adding at the end the following: 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(D) R |
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| 79 | 79 | | URAL HEALTH AND SAFETY EDU -20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | CATION PROGRAMS; BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | HEALTH SELECTION PRIORITY .—In making 22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | grants under section 502(i) of the Rural Devel-23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | opment Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), the 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Secretary shall give priority to an applicant 25 |
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| 88 | 88 | | that will use the grant for behavioral and men-1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | tal health education and treatment.’’. 2 |
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