Sec. 502. National assessment of mental health needs
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Title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 506B ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa–5b ) the following: The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall establish and implement public health monitoring measures to address the mental health and substance use disorder status of the population of the United States and other populations served by the Administration, that include— monitoring the mental health status of the population, including the incidence and prevalence of mental health conditions and substance use disorders across the lifespan; monitoring access to appropriate diagnostic and treatment services for mental health conditions and substance use disorders, including trends in unmet need for services; monitoring mental health conditions as risk factors for obesity and chronic diseases to the extent practicable; enhancing existing public health monitoring systems by including measures assessing mental health and substance use disorders and associated risk factors; and to the extent practicable, monitoring the immediate and long-term impact of disasters or catastrophic events, whether natural or man-made on the mental health of affected populations.
In designing and implementing the measures described in subsection
(a)the Secretary shall ensure that data collection and reporting standards stratify data by age groups, in particular, to the extent practicable, children under the age of 5 years. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that describes the progress on the implementation of the monitoring measures described in subsection (a). There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. .
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