Sec. 719. Adult suicide prevention
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The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use (referred to in this section as the Assistant Secretary ) may award grants to eligible entities in order to implement suicide prevention efforts amongst adults 25 and older. The grant program under this section shall be designed to raise suicide awareness, establish referral processes, and improve clinical care practice standards for treating suicide ideation, plans, and attempts among adults. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a community-based primary care or behavioral health care setting, an emergency department, a State mental health agency, an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or any other entity the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate.
The grants awarded under paragraph
(1)shall be used to implement programs that— screen for suicide risk in adults and provide intervention and referral to treatment; implement evidence-based practices to treat individuals who are at suicide risk, including appropriate followup services; and raise awareness, reduce stigma, and foster open dialogue about suicide prevention. The Assistant Secretary shall— evaluate the activities supported by grants awarded under subsection
(a)in order to further the Nation’s understanding of effective interventions to prevent suicide in adults; disseminate the findings from the evaluation as the Assistant Secretary considers appropriate; and provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance to eligible entities that receive a grant under this section, in order to help such entities to meet the requirements of this section, including assistance with— selection and implementation of evidence-based interventions and frameworks to prevent suicide, such as the Zero Suicide framework; and other activities as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate. A grant under this section shall be for a period of not more than 5 years. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. Of the funds appropriated to carry out this section in any fiscal year, the lesser of 5 percent of such funds or $500,000 shall be available to the Assistant Secretary for purposes of carrying out subsection (b).