Sec. 101. Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
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Section 501(c) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa ) is amended to read as follows: The Administration shall be headed by an official to be known as the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use (hereinafter in this title referred to as the Assistant Secretary ) who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In selecting the Assistant Secretary, the President shall give preference to individuals who have— a doctoral degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, or psychology; clinical and research experience regarding mental health and substance use disorders; and an understanding of biological, psychosocial, and pharmaceutical treatments of mental illness and substance use disorders.
The Assistant Secretary, with the approval of the Secretary, may appoint a Deputy Assistant Secretary and may employ and prescribe the functions of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to administer the activities to be carried out through the Administration. . The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall delegate to the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use all duties and authorities that— as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, were vested in the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; and are not terminated by this Act.
Section 501(d) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa(d) ) is amended— in paragraph (17), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (18), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: evaluate, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, the information used for oversight of grants under programs related to mental illness and substance use disorders, including co-occurring illness or disorders, administered by the Center for Mental Health Services; periodically review Federal programs and activities relating to the diagnosis or prevention of, or treatment or rehabilitation for, mental illness and substance use disorders to identify any such programs or activities that have proven to be effective or efficient in improving outcomes or increasing access to evidence-based programs; establish standards for the appointment of peer-review panels to evaluate grant applications and recommend standards for mental health grant programs; and .
Section 501(d) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa(d) ), as amended by subsection (c), is further amended by adding at the end the following: in consultation with the National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory, and after providing an opportunity for public input, set standards for grant programs under this title for mental health and substance use services, which may address— the capacity of the grantee to implement the award; requirements for the description of the program implementation approach; the extent to which the grant plan submitted by the grantee as part of its application must explain how the grantee will reach the population of focus and provide a statement of need, including to what extent the grantee will increase the number of clients served and the estimated percentage of clients receiving services who report positive functioning after 6 months or no past-month substance use, as applicable; the extent to which the grantee must collect and report on required performance measures; and the extent to which the grantee is proposing evidence-based practices and the extent to which— those evidence-based practices must be used with respect to a population similar to the population for which the evidence-based practices were shown to be effective; or if no evidence-based practice exists for a population of focus, the way in which the grantee will implement adaptations of evidence-based practices, promising practices, or cultural practices. .
Section 501(m) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa(m) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Amounts made available for carrying out this subsection shall remain available through the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which such amounts are appropriated. . Section 762 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290o ) is amended— in subsection (b)— by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and
(6)as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use; ; and in subsection (c), by striking (4), (5), and
(6)each place it appears and inserting (5), (6), and
(7). Title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq. ), as amended by the previous provisions of this section, is further amended— by striking Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration each place it appears and inserting Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use ; and by striking Administrator each place it appears (including in any headings) and inserting Assistant Secretary , except where the term Administrator appears— in each of subsections
(e)and
(f)of section 501 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa ), including the headings of such subsections, within the term Associate Administrator ; in section 507(b)(6) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb(b)(6) ), within the term Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration ; in section 507(b)(6) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb(b)(6) ), within the term Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ; in section 519B(c)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–25b(c)(1)(B)), within the term Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ; or in each of sections 519B(c)(1)(B), 520C(a), and 520D(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–25b(c)(1)(B), 290bb–34(a), 290bb–35(a)), within the term Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention . After executing subsections (a), (b), and (f), any reference in statute, regulation, or guidance to the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be construed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use.
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Sec. 101
Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
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