Sec. 202. Innovation grants
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The Assistant Secretary shall award grants to State and local governments, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations for expanding a model that has been scientifically demonstrated to show promise, but would benefit from further applied research, for— enhancing the prevention, diagnosis, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental illness, serious emotional disorder, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders; or integrating or coordinating physical health, mental health, and substance use services.
A grant under this section shall be for a period of not more than 3 years. Of the amounts made available for carrying out this section for a fiscal year— not more than one-third shall be awarded for use for prevention; and not less than one-third shall be awarded for screening, diagnosis, treatment, or services, as described in subsection (a), for individuals (or subpopulations of individuals) who are below the age of 18 when activities funded through the grant award are initiated.
As a condition on receipt of an award under this section, an applicant shall agree to adhere to guidelines issued by the National Mental Health Policy Laboratory on research designs and data collection. To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.