Sec. 621. Tele-mental health care access grants
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Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 330L of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–18 ) the following new section: The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and in coordination with other relevant Federal agencies, shall award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations (for purposes of this section, as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b )) to promote behavioral health integration in pediatric primary care by— supporting the development of statewide child mental health care access programs; and supporting the improvement of existing statewide child mental health care access programs.
A child mental health care access program referred to in subsection (a), with respect to which a grant under such subsection may be used, shall— be a statewide network of pediatric mental health teams that provide support to pediatric primary care sites as an integrated team; support and further develop organized State networks of child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists to provide consultative support to pediatric primary care sites; conduct an assessment of critical behavioral consultation needs among pediatric providers and such providers’ preferred mechanisms for receiving consultation and training and technical assistance; develop an online database and communication mechanisms, including telehealth, to facilitate consultation support to pediatric practices; provide rapid statewide clinical telephone or telehealth consultations when requested between the pediatric mental health teams and pediatric primary care providers; conduct training and provide technical assistance to pediatric primary care providers to support the early identification, diagnosis, treatment, and referral of children with behavioral health conditions or co-occurring intellectual and other developmental disabilities; provide information to pediatric providers about, and assist pediatric providers in accessing, child psychiatry and psychology consultations and in scheduling and conducting technical assistance; assist with referrals to specialty care and community or behavioral health resources; and establish mechanisms for measuring and monitoring increased access to child and adolescent psychiatric and psychology services by pediatric primary care providers and expanded capacity of pediatric primary care providers to identify, treat, and refer children with mental health problems.
In this subsection, the term pediatric mental health team means a team of case coordinators, child and adolescent psychiatrists, and licensed clinical mental health professionals, such as a psychologist, social worker, or mental health counselor. A State, political subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a plan for the rigorous evaluation of activities that are carried out with funds received under such grant.
A State, political subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization that receives a grant under this section shall prepare and submit an evaluation of activities carried out with funds received under such grant to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require, including a process and outcome evaluation. The Secretary may not award a grant under this section unless the State, political subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization involved agrees, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the State, political subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization in carrying out the purpose described in this section, to make available non-Federal contributions (in cash or in kind) toward such costs in an amount that is not less than 20 percent of Federal funds provided in the grant.
To carry this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $9,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2020. .
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