Sec. 211. National media campaign to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness

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Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–31 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, shall provide for the production, broadcasting, and evaluation of a national media public service campaign to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. Such campaign shall seek to reach as wide and diverse an audience as possible and shall particularly target the population between the ages of 16 and 24 years of age.

The Secretary shall provide a report to the Congress annually detailing— the production, broadcasting, and evaluation of the campaign under subsection (a); and the effectiveness of the campaign in reducing the stigma associated with mental illness, as measured using such methods as public attitude surveys and mental health services utilization statistics. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure that mental health professionals and patient advocates are consulted in carrying out the media campaign under this section.

The progress of this consultative process is to be covered in the report under subsection (b). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2019. .

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Sec. 211

National media campaign to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness

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