Increasing the applicable FMAP for State expenditures attributable to certain behavioral health services

Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking and (ii) and inserting (ii), and (kk); and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (kk) Increased FMAP for medical assistance for services furnished by mental health and substance use disorder care providers in certain school-Based settings (1) In general Notwithstanding any preceding provision of this section, with respect to State expenditures for medical assistance consisting of services provided by a mental health and substance use disorder care provider (as defined in section 3 of the Advancing Student Services In Schools Today Act) and furnished at a school or at a school-based health center (as defined in section 399Z–1(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act) on or after the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning on or after the date that is 12 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Federal medical assistance percentage otherwise determined under subsection (b) shall, subject to paragraph (2), be equal to 90 percent. (2) Application of higher match Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of State expenditures described in such paragraph if application of such paragraph would result in a lower Federal medical assistance percentage for such expenditures than would otherwise apply without application of such paragraph. (3) Exclusion of expenditures from territorial cap Any payment made to a territory for expenditures for medical assistance described in paragraph (1) that are subject to the Federal medical assistance percentage specified under such paragraph shall not be taken into account for purposes of applying payment limits under subsections (f) and (g) of section 1108 to the extent that such payment exceeds the amount of the payment that would have been made to the territory for such expenditures without regard to this subsection..