Sec. 501. Assertive community treatment grant program for individuals with serious mental illness
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Part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 520L the following: The Assistant Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities— to establish assertive community treatment programs for individuals with serious mental illness; or to maintain or expand such programs. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a State, county, city, tribe, tribal organization, mental health system, health care facility, or any other entity the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate.
In selecting among applicants for a grant under this section, the Assistant Secretary may give special consideration to the potential of the applicant’s program to reduce hospitalization, homelessness, and involvement with the criminal justice system while improving the health and social outcomes of the patient. The Assistant Secretary shall— not later than the end of fiscal year 2021, submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the grant program under this section, including an evaluation of— cost savings and public health outcomes such as mortality, suicide, substance abuse, hospitalization, and use of services; rates of involvement with the criminal justice system of patients; rates of homelessness among patients; and patient and family satisfaction with program participation; and provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance to grant recipients under this section to help such recipients to establish, maintain, or expand their assertive community treatment programs.
To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. Of the funds appropriated to carry out this section in any fiscal year, no more than 5 percent shall be available to the Assistant Secretary for carrying out subsection (d). .
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