Sec. 116. Report on mental health and substance abuse treatment in the States
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Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less than every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Congress and make available to the public a report on mental health and substance use treatment in the States, including the following: A detailed report on how Federal mental health and substance use treatment funds are used in each State including: The numbers of individuals with mental illness, serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders who are served with Federal funds.
The types of programs made available to individuals with mental illness, serious mental illness, substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders. A summary of best practice models in the States highlighting programs that are cost effective, provide evidence-based care, increase access to care, integrate physical, psychiatric, psychological, and behavioral medicine, and improve outcomes for individuals with mental illness or substance use disorders. A statistical report of outcome measures in each State, for individuals with mental illness, serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders, such as— rates of suicide, suicide attempts, substance abuse, overdose, overdose deaths, health outcomes, emergency psychiatric hospitalizations, and emergency room boarding; and arrests, incarcerations, victimization, homelessness, joblessness, employment, and enrollment in educational or vocational programs.
In this subsection, the term emergency room boarding means the practice of admitting patients to an emergency department and holding them in the department until inpatient psychiatric beds become available.