Sec. 513. Health professions competencies to address racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minority behavioral health disparities
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to national organizations for the purpose of developing, and disseminating to health professional educational programs, curricula or core competencies addressing behavioral health disparities among racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minority groups. Organizations receiving funds under subsection
(a)shall use the funds to develop and disseminate curricula or core competencies, as described in such subsection, for use in the training of students in the professions of social work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, physician assistants, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, substance abuse counseling, or other mental health and substance use disorder providers that the Secretary deems appropriate. Organizations receiving funds under subsection
(a)may use the funds to engage in the following activities related to the development and dissemination of curricula or core competencies: Formation of committees or working groups comprised of experts from accredited health professions schools to identify core competencies relating to mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups. Planning of workshops in national fora to allow for public input into the educational needs associated with mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups. Dissemination and promotion of the use of curricula or core competencies in undergraduate and graduate health professions training programs nationwide. In this section, the term racial and ethnic minority group has the meaning given to such term in section 1707(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g) ). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.
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Health professions competencies to address racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minority behavioral health disparities
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