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This Act may be cited as the . Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Sec. 101. Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use. Sec. 102. Improving oversight of mental health and substance use programs. Sec. 103. National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory. Sec. 104. Peer-support specialist programs.
Sec. 105. Prohibition against lobbying using Federal funds by systems accepting Federal funds to protect and advocate the rights of individuals with mental illness. Sec. 106. Reporting for protection and advocacy organizations. Sec. 107. Grievance procedure. Sec. 108. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. Sec. 109. Strategic plan. Sec. 110. Authorities of centers for mental health services and substance abuse treatment. Sec. 111. Advisory councils. Sec. 112. Peer review.
Title II—Medicaid Mental Health Coverage Sec. 201. Rule of construction related to Medicaid coverage of mental health services and primary care services furnished on the same day. Sec. 202. Optional limited coverage of inpatient services furnished in institutions for mental diseases. Sec. 203. Study and report related to Medicaid managed care regulation. Sec. 204. Guidance on opportunities for innovation. Sec. 205. Study and report on Medicaid emergency psychiatric demonstration project.
Sec. 206. Providing EPSDT services to children in IMDs. Sec. 207. Electronic visit verification system required for personal care services and home health care services under Medicaid. Title III—Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee Sec. 301. Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee. Title IV—Compassionate Communication on HIPAA Sec. 401. Sense of Congress. Sec. 402. Confidentiality of records. Sec. 403. Clarification of circumstances under which disclosure of protected health information is permitted.
Sec. 404. Development and dissemination of model training programs. Title V—Increasing Access to Treatment for Serious Mental Illness Sec. 501. Assertive community treatment grant program for individuals with serious mental illness. Sec. 502. Strengthening community crisis response systems. Sec. 503. Increased and extended funding for assisted outpatient grant program for individuals with serious mental illness. Sec. 504. Liability protections for health professional volunteers at community health centers.
Title VI—Supporting Innovative and Evidence-Based Programs Subtitle A—Encouraging the Advancement, Incorporation, and Development of Evidence-Based Practices Sec. 601. Encouraging innovation and evidence-based programs. Sec. 602. Promoting access to information on evidence-based programs and practices. Sec. 603. Sense of Congress. Subtitle B—Supporting the State Response to Mental Health Needs Sec. 611. Community Mental Health Services Block Grant. Subtitle C—Strengthening Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents Sec. 621.
Tele-mental health care access grants. Sec. 622. Infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment. Sec. 623. National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative. Title VII—Grant programs and program reauthorization Subtitle A—Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act reauthorization Sec. 701. Youth interagency research, training, and technical assistance centers. Sec. 702. Youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies. Sec. 703. Mental health and substance use disorder services on campus.
Subtitle B—Other provisions Sec. 711. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Program. Sec. 712. Workforce development studies and reports. Sec. 713. Minority Fellowship Program. Sec. 714. Center and program repeals. Sec. 715. National violent death reporting system. Sec. 716. Sense of Congress on prioritizing Native American youth and suicide prevention programs. Sec. 717. Peer professional workforce development grant program. Sec. 718. National Health Service Corps. Sec. 719. Adult suicide prevention.
Sec. 720. Crisis intervention grants for police officers and first responders. Sec. 721. Demonstration grant program to train health service psychologists in community-based mental health. Sec. 722. Investment in tomorrow’s pediatric health care workforce. Sec. 723. CUTGO compliance. Title VIII—Mental Health Parity Sec. 801. Enhanced compliance with mental health and substance use disorder coverage requirements. Sec. 802. Action plan for enhanced enforcement of mental health and substance use disorder coverage.
Sec. 803. Report on investigations regarding parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits. Sec. 804. GAO study on parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits. Sec. 805. Information and awareness on eating disorders. Sec. 806. Education and training on eating disorders. Sec. 807. GAO study on preventing discriminatory coverage limitations for individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Sec. 808. Clarification of existing parity rules.