Sec. 201. National Mental Health Policy Laboratory
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The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders shall establish, within the Office of the Assistant Secretary, the National Mental Health Policy Laboratory (in this section referred to as the NMHPL ), to be headed by a Director. The Director of the NMHPL shall— identify, coordinate, and implement policy changes and other trends likely to have the most significant impact on mental health services and monitor their impact; collect information from grantees under programs established or amended by this Act and under other mental health programs under the Public Health Service Act, including grantees that are States receiving funds under a block grant under part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300x et seq. ); evaluate and disseminate to such grantees evidence-based practices and service delivery models using the best available science shown to be cost-effective while enhancing the quality of care furnished to individuals; and establish standards for the appointment of scientific peer-review panels to evaluate grant applications.
In selecting evidence-based best practices and service delivery models for evaluation and dissemination under paragraph (2)(C), the Director of the NMHPL— shall give preference to models that— improve the coordination between mental health and physical health providers; improve the coordination among such providers and the justice and corrections system; improve the cost effectiveness, quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care services furnished to individuals with serious mental illness, in mental health crisis, or at risk to themselves, their families, and the general public; and recognize the importance of family participation in recovery; and may include clinical protocols and practices used in the Recovery After Initial Schizophrenia Episode project of the National Institute of Mental Health and the Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis program.
The Director of the NMHPL shall begin implementation of the duties described in this subsection not later than January 1, 2018. In carrying out the duties under this subsection, the Director of the NMHPL may consult with— representatives of the National Institute of Mental Health on organizational and operational issues; other appropriate Federal agencies; clinical and analytical experts with expertise in medicine, psychiatric and clinical psychological care, health care management, education, corrections health care, social services, and mental health court systems; and other individuals and agencies as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.
In selecting the staff of the NMHPL, the Director of the NMHPL, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, shall include individuals with advanced degrees and clinical and research experience, and who have an understanding of biological, psychosocial, and pharmaceutical treatments of mental illness and substance use disorders, including— individuals with a medical degree or doctoral degree from an accredited program in— allopathic or osteopathic medicine, and who have specialized training in psychiatry; psychology; or social work; professionals or academics with clinical or research expertise in substance use disorders and treatment; and professionals or academics with expertise in research design and methodologies.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Director of the NMHPL shall submit to Congress a report on the quality of care furnished through grant programs administered by the Assistant Secretary under the respective services delivery models, including measurement of patient-level outcomes and public health outcomes, such as— reduced rates of suicide, suicide attempts, substance abuse, overdose, overdose deaths, emergency psychiatric hospitalizations, emergency room boarding, incarceration, crime, arrest, homelessness, and joblessness; rates of employment and enrollment in educational and vocational programs; and such other criteria as the Director may determine.
In this section, the term emergency room boarding means the practice of admitting patients to an emergency department and holding such patients in the department until inpatient psychiatric beds become available.
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