Sec. 516. Examining mental health care for children
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Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an independent evaluation, and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report concerning the utilization of mental health services for children, including the usage of psychotropic medications. The report submitted under subsection
(a)shall review and assess— the ways in which children access mental health care, including information on whether children are screened and treated by primary care or specialty physicians or other health care providers, what types of referrals for additional care are recommended, and any barriers to accessing this care; the extent to which children prescribed psychotropic medications in the United States face barriers to more comprehensive or other mental health services, interventions, and treatments; the extent to which children are prescribed psychotropic medications in the United States including the frequency of concurrent medication usage; and the tools, assessments, and medications that are available and used to diagnose and treat children with mental health disorders.