Sec. 601. Encouraging innovation and evidence-based programs
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Section 501B of the Public Health Service Act, as inserted by section 103, is further amended, by inserting after subsection
(c)the following new subsection: The Assistant Secretary, in coordination with the Laboratory, may award grants to States, local governments, Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act), educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations to develop evidence-based interventions, including culturally and linguistically appropriate services, as appropriate, for— evaluating a model that has been scientifically demonstrated to show promise, but would benefit from further applied development, for— enhancing the prevention, diagnosis, intervention, treatment, and recovery of mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, substance use disorders, and co-occurring illness or disorders; or integrating or coordinating physical health services and mental illness and substance use disorder services; and expanding, replicating, or scaling evidence-based programs across a wider area to enhance effective screening, early diagnosis, intervention, and treatment with respect to mental illness, serious mental illness, and serious emotional disturbance, primarily by— applying delivery of care, including training staff in effective evidence-based treatment; or integrating models of care across specialties and jurisdictions. In awarding grants under this paragraph, the Assistant Secretary shall, as appropriate, consult with the advisory councils described in section 502, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, as appropriate. There are authorized to be appropriated— to carry out paragraph (1)(A), $7,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2020; and to carry out paragraph (1)(B), $7,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2020. .